The term iron frame describes the structural use of either cast iron or wrought iron in the columns and beams of a building. While popular in the 19th...

frame. The development of this technique made the construction of the skyscraper possible. Steel frame has displaced its predecessor, the iron frame,...

A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk...

the building was supported using an iron frame skeleton. It was one of the earliest buildings to use an iron frame skeleton and the tallest to ever do...

music trends, the fortepiano underwent changes such as the use of a cast iron frame (which allowed much greater string tensions) and aliquot stringing which...

Many small lenses ("bull's-eyes") were set in a wrought-iron frame, (later cast iron), and the frame included raised nubs around each lens to improve traction...

only three remaining intact composite construction (wooden hull on an iron frame) ships from the nineteenth century, the others being the clipper City...

wealth to continue the work. By 1860, the design for the statue's internal iron frame had been created. A supportive Verein was founded in Hanover. From 1862...

curve of its frame to ensure the rocking motion. Coopers chair was made of steel or wrought iron with upholstery slung across the frame. Cooper's model...

The Salisbury Cathedral clock is a large iron-framed tower clock without a dial, in Salisbury Cathedral, England. Thought to date from about 1386, it...

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively...

a cast-iron frame or 'bedstead', supported on six iron columns. These engines were a development after the house-built engine. Their cast-iron frames...

Louis-Adrien Lusson, the church was the first in France to use an entirely iron-framed construction. The first stone was laid in 1854, and the building was...

is 9.1 million pounds (4,100 t). The dome's cast iron frame was supplied and constructed by the iron foundry Janes, Fowler, Kirtland & Co. in the Bronx...

columns in the kitchens were disguised as palm trees. An elaborate cast iron frame was used for the dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg (1837–38)...

Investing Building to wrap around it. The Gilsey Building was the first iron frame building erected in New York City. It was first called the Gilsey Building...

contemporary. Iron beds are beds in which the headboard and footboard are made of iron; the frame rails are usually made of steel. Iron beds were developed...

wrought iron frame) emerged in the mid-19th century as the final stage in the evolution of fast commercial sailing ships. Construction of wrought iron hulled...

passengers under a retractable calash top and a raised driver's seat on an iron frame. In the panel-boot type of victoria, sometimes confusingly called a cabriolet...

to print, he took an iron frame and set it on the iron plate. In this, he placed the types, set close together. When the frame was full, the whole made...

building wood-burning stoves in his garage, which soon evolved to a cast iron frame with a glass door. This invention was the first of its kind, allowing...

feet wide (about 563 metres by 138 metres) and was constructed from cast iron-frame components and glass made almost exclusively in Birmingham and Smethwick...

was a .32 Rimfire, with an iron frame, and the barrel release was moved from under the frame to the left side of the frame. The fourth model deringer...

is India's oldest surviving cast iron building. It is probably the oldest surviving multi-level fully cast-iron framed building in the world, being three...

one of the main venues of the 1887 Philippines Exposition. The cast-iron frame was manufactured in Bilbao. The structure was designed in a way that would...

years, erosion began eating away at the lighthouse. In 1883 the fourth iron frame lighthouse was constructed. In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, large...

located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England, is the first iron-framed building in the world, and described as "the grandfather of skyscrapers"...

collection of iron bars (the identical, elongated elements) held together (to ensure the bars are parallel and regularly spaced) by a lighter iron frame. Gratings...

unlike those buildings, it relies on the rigidity of the joints in its iron frame to make the structure stable. It is an unusually large example of a boat...

destroyed during a flood, and the bridge was largely rebuilt, using an iron frame. By 1962, the bridge was owned by Yorkshire Farmers Ltd. The company offered...