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GLOSSARY.
Capital of a Lantern. The tovering by wliicli it is terminated
;
it may bo of a bell
form, that of a dome, spire, or other regular figure.
Fig. 1374. St. Teter's, Northamiiton.
Fig. 137.3. York.
Fig. 137C. North Doorw.iy, Westminster.
Capital of a Tri^lyph. Tlie square band which projects over it. In the Eoman Doric
it has a greater projection tiian in the Grecian.
Capitol. The Acropolis of ancient Rome.
Capreoli. (Lat.) In ancient carpentry, the joints or braces of a trus.sod roof.
Caracoi.. a term sometimes applied to a staircase in the form of a lielix or spiral.
Caravanserai. Among the Eastern nations a large public building
or inn apipropriatcd
to the reception and lodgment of travellers Ijy caravans in the desert. Though the cara-
vanserai serves the purpose of an inn, there is this essential ditference between the two,
that in the former the traveller finds nothing either for the use of himself or his cattle,
but must carry all his provisions and necessaries with him. Caravanserais are al.so nu-
merous in cities, where they serve, not only as inns, but as shops, warehouses, aud even
exchanges.
Carbolic Acid. This fluid has lately been obtained from creosote by distillation. Ry the
use of a solution of Mc Dougall's patent prepared carbolic acid, sewage is rendered im-
pntrescible, all smell being removed, and no turtlier decompusition possible. A solution
of it (about a pint to a cartload) has lately been mixed with the water sprinkled on
roads by watering carts, by which a disinfecting action takes place on the dropjiings
of horses, decomposing dust, &c. The powder may be used in dust-bins, water-closets,
in whitewashing the walls of hospitals, &c. Formed into a soap, it can l)e employed in
washing painted work and floors, or linen. Mixed carefully with oil of vitriol, sulphur-
ous acid gas is liberated for fumigating an apartment. It is not poisonous.
Carcass. The naked building of a house before it is lathed and plastered or the floor
boards laid, &c.
Carcass Flooring. That which supports the boarding, or floor boards, above, and the
ceiling below, being a grated frame of timber, varying in many particulars.
Carcass Roofing. The grated fi-ame of timber work which spans the building, and
carries the boarding and other covering.
Cardinales Scapi. In ancient Roman joinery, the stiles of doors.
Carolitic Column. One with a foliated shaft.
Carpenter. (Fr. Charpentier.) An artificer who practises the science of framing and
fitting to each other the various pieces and assemblages of timber used in the construc-
tion of buildings.
Carpenters' Rule. The instrument by which carpenters take their dimensions, and by the
aid of a brass slide, which makes it a sliding rule, they arc enabled to make calculations
in multiplication and division, besides other operations.