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  2. Parti (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Producing a quick sketch (esquisse) of the parti was a critical part of architectural training at the Beaux-Arts de Paris during the 19th and early part of the 20th Century. [5] In architecture school during the 1900s in the United States, one would have understood the term ‘parti’ as the "main idea" for the planimetric layout of a building.

  3. C-stand - Wikipedia

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    Using a C-stand safely is a matter of proper technique, and on the job training. When setting and tightening a grip arm, flag or other equipment in the grip head, it is crucial that the gear be set to one side of the grip head such that the weight causes the locking knob to tighten clockwise, or "righty tighty".

  4. Exploded-view drawing - Wikipedia

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    An exploded-view drawing is a diagram, picture, schematic or technical drawing of an object, that shows the relationship or order of assembly of various parts. [1]It shows the components of an object slightly separated by distance, or suspended in surrounding space in the case of a three-dimensional exploded diagram.

  5. Paul Bransom - Wikipedia

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    Visual arts portal; Media related to Paul Bransom at Wikimedia Commons . Works by Paul Bransom at Project Gutenberg; Works by or about Paul Bransom at the Internet Archive; Paul Bransom at Library of Congress, with 26 library catalog records (see previous page of browse report, 'Bransom, Paul, 1885–' without '1979')

  6. Timeline of architecture - Wikipedia

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    905 – Aachen Cathedral consecrated (major renovations in the 10th century). 900s – Akhtala Monastery built, intended as a fortress. 800s – 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. 848 – San Miguel de Lillo built in the Asturian pre-romanesque style of ...

  7. Line shaft - Wikipedia

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    Four wool spinning machines driven by belts from an overhead lineshaft (Leipzig, Germany, circa 1925) The belt drives of the Mueller Mill, model and reality, in motionA line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century.

  8. Contemporary architecture - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [2] [3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale.

  9. Gunter's chain - Wikipedia

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    The even less common Rathborn system, also from the 17th century, is based on a 200-link chain of two rods (33 feet, 10.0584 m) length. Each rod (or perch or pole) consists of 100 links, (1.98 inches, 50.292 mm each), which are called seconds (″), ten of which make a prime ( ′ , 19.8 inches, 0.503 m).