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others, a result obtained by the use of iron sash-bars instead of wooden 

 ones, thus dispensing with the comparatively heavy structure needed with 

 the latter in the houses of to-day. The bars and glass are bent at the 

 eaves, thus doing away with that angle, and leaving no place for icicles 



to form ; consequently there is no breakage. The glass is 24 in. x rtO in., 

 set the 30-inch way. The sash-bar is protected by patents, and is a half- 

 circle of iron with wood inserted to glaze against, the wood being held 

 in place by brass screws. The channel between the under edge of the 



