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Page 6 of 6 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 Topic Options #53873 - 01/30/02 10:00 AM Re: ars gratia asses... maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 worthy of hangin' in the Louvre, ol feller! Top #53874 - 01/30/02 10:26 AM Fanlights, transoms, and wind holes Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773 In American architecture, fanlights were typical to the Adam, Colonial Revival, and Early Classical Revival styles. As was already mentioned, fanlights can be variously decorated; one very common version here is the spider light, in which the muntins and glazing are arranged to appear like a spider web. Transoms can be made to open several ways; a pivot opening has the pivot in the middle of the window pane, so that it spins to become perpendicular to the frame; a hopper window pivots out from the bottom of the pane; and an awning window pivots out from the top of the pane. "Window" comes from "wind holes," early openings which served principally to provide draft and emit smoke from internal fires. The components of a window are: head jamb sill sash frame muntin glazing If in a wood-frame wall, the structure above the window is supported by a header; if in a masonry wall, the structure above the window is supported by a lintel. And to complete the list of windows by opening type ... other windows can be fixed, single- or double-hung, casement, sliding or louver. Top #53875 - 01/30/02 01:32 PM Re: louvre window wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Faldage: Does the Louvre have any louvers? Top Page 6 of 6 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209769 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (wofahulicodoc), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 89 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 55 endymion6 47 Rhubarb Commando 35 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 17 Jackie 14 zmjezhd 14 Faldage 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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