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Definition of Newels
1. newel [n] - See also: newel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Newels
Literary usage of Newels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The builder's price book by Experienced Surveyor (1804)
"newels. ' Square framed newels, per foot running Single turnings to newels, each -
Double ditto Turned and mitred caps to newels of deal Ditto of mahogany ..."
2. Early Renaissance Architecture in England: A Historical & Descriptive by John Alfred Gotch (1901)
"In the less important houses the work was fairly plain : the newels were ...
To increase the richness of effect the newels were ornamented either with ..."
3. Common-sense Stair Building and Handrailing ...: By Fred T. Hodgson by Frederick Thomas Hodgson, Radford Architectural Co., Chicago (1916)
"Platform stairs are easy to construct when once the plan is determined, as newels
are placed at the angles, thus doing away with sweeps and curves in the ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"On the plan is shown the relation of the balusters with reference to the newels,
from which measurements should be taken. Observe, in the elevation of the ..."
5. Architectural Iron and Steel, and Its Application in the Construction of by William Harvey Birkmire (1892)
"Posts or newels—are to be placed in all corners where necessary, extending above
and receiving the rail, and to have a finished " drop" below ceiling at G. ..."
6. Light Railway Construction by Richard Marion Parkinson (1902)
"... structure—Span and headway—Parapets—Retaining walls—Pressure of earth- Greasy
clay—Shrinkage of clay—newels—Coping and caps—Arches—Various designs for ..."
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