A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . lastik ; PercyGardner, Types of Greek Coins; Stahr, Torso. M McCOMB, JOHN; engineer and architect ;b. Oct. 17, 1763 (in New York); d. May 25,1853. His family were Scotch, and settled in New-York. He designed the front of the old gov-ernment house in New York, 1790, S. Johnschurch, the Jlurray Street and the Bleecker Streetchurches, and many public and jn-ivate build-ings in New York, Philadelphia, and the East-ern states. McComb was supervising architectof the city of New York during the erection ofthe City
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . lastik ; PercyGardner, Types of Greek Coins; Stahr, Torso. M McCOMB, JOHN; engineer and architect ;b. Oct. 17, 1763 (in New York); d. May 25,1853. His family were Scotch, and settled in New-York. He designed the front of the old gov-ernment house in New York, 1790, S. Johnschurch, the Jlurray Street and the Bleecker Streetchurches, and many public and jn-ivate build-ings in New York, Philadelphia, and the East-ern states. McComb was supervising architectof the city of New York during the erection ofthe City Hall, and is to have been itsdesigner. (Wilde, op. cit.) Wlkle, New York City Hall in Century Mana-sine. Vol. XXVII. MACELLTJM. In Roman archaeology, amarket, especially for provisions. The onlyinstance known to us where the i)lan can easilybe made out is that of Pom]jeii. There, atholos, really a twelve-sided enclosure, and ap-parently a mere roof supported on stone pillars,occupied the middle point, while all around theplace was entirely open to the air, and the very815. JLlCHICOLATIO?, : A Simple Form;13th or 14th Cen- TtTRY. The jiariipet wall, about•_ inches thick, ^e,^tsu] a row of cortjel>.with an open spaceabout 12 inches widebetween the parapetand the face of therampart. MADERNA small shops which fronted on the open spacewere without windows or back rooms. A colon-nade forming a cloister faced the open space oncither side. Although the Imilding is small andcould never have had architectural jn-etensions,there are remains of paintings of great interest.(See Market.)—R. S. MACHICOLATION. A projecting seriesof corbels often surmounting the walls of latermediajval fortifications, andcarrying an overhangingportion of the stone fioorof the rampart, the floorhaving openings betweenthe corbels for the deliveryof missiles on the enemybelow. The parapet orbattlement is constructedalong the outer ends of thecorbels. (See Castle; For-tification.) MACHINERYSPA
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