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...placement of the last sheet of lead on the spire. Macaulay, a young architect, uses voluminous knowledge and pen-and-ink sketches, accompanied by a brief, clear narrative. He shows how to design and build a flying buttress, cast a bell in bronze, use the mortise-and-tenon method on the roof beams. By changing his viewpoint, he also powerfully conveys the immense rook-filled heights of the cathedral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Other Notables | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...state of preservation. Queen Meryet-Amun (1480-40 B.C.) died soon after her coronation. Her body was prepared and wrapped in many thicknesses of bandage. The inner coffin which covered her corpse was decorated, according to Egyptian ritual, with a replica of her body. On the forehead was the tenon hole which had held the stolen vulture-head coronet, symbol of queenly power. The outer coffin, masterpiece of joiner's art, at one time encased in gold sheets, lying undisturbed for centuries in the dark crypt, "created an eerie effect" on Digger Winlock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...Pound Hammer Throw.--Won by C. G. Dandrow (T.), 139 feet 10 inches second. A. R. Tenon (T.). 131 feet 9 inches third. J. F. Brown '22 (H.). 124 feet 6 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGINEERS LOSE TO CRIMSON TRACK TEAM | 5/9/1921 | See Source »

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