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Definition of Pedestals
1. pedestal [v] - See also: pedestal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedestals
Literary usage of Pedestals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1894)
"Drawings of these pedestals are given in a paper by Mr. Sellers in the ' Journal
... Self-lubricating pedestals.—Many pedestals have been designed with oil ..."
2. Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights which are Here Displayed by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"I MONO materials for the making of dial pedestals, " many are called, but few
are chosen." There are many other as suitable materials as wood and common ..."
3. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware, Vignola (1904)
"139 As has already been said, a short Pier is called a Post, and, if it supports
something, a Pedestal, and the pedestals that support Columns are generally ..."
4. Types and Details of Bridge Construction by Frank Woodward Skinner (1906)
"CHAPTER XVII FLANGE-BEARING pedestals THE ends of girders are often seated on
the horizontal upper surfaces of simple pedestals for various reasons, ..."
5. Types and Details of Bridge Construction by Frank Woodward Skinner (1906)
"Sometimes the girders are seated on beam grillages, girders, or short transverse
bents ; these may virtually act as pedestals, but are of special design ..."
6. Manual Training Magazine (1914)
"HAT AND SHOE pedestals. The hat and shoe pedestals which were submitted by DK
Hiett, of East Orange, New Jersey, are projects which may have a special ..."
7. Steel Construction: A Text and Reference Book Covering the Design of Steel by Henry Jackson Burt (1914)
"The piers under the columns are round and, therefore, in order to distribute the
load as evenly as possible, round cast-iron pedestals of the type shown in ..."
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