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SPRINGER (Fr. rein)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPRINGER (Fr.
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rein)  , the
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term given in
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architecture to the
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stone from which an
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arch springs (see ARCH) ; in some cases this is the stone resting on the
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impost or
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capital, the upper
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surface of which is a
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plane directed to the centre of the arch . In vaulting, however, where the
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lower stone of the arch or
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rib is laid in
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horizontal courses, so as to
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bond it well into the
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wall, constituting a
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system of construction known in
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France as the tas-de-
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charge, the
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springer may be considerably higher . The term is sometimes applied to the lowest stone of a gable .

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