Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 216
or other fittings to the nearest lamp holder. Their construction is precisely the same as that of the plugs used with bayonet wall sockets. Fig. 167 shows a sketch of an adapter. Ceiling Roses are contrivances for making an efficient connection between the cables and the flexible wires of pendant… … inches, so as to avoid all possibility of “arcing,” and gripped, so that no pull comes upon the ends attached is further protected by means of porcelain walls. to the terminals. Ceiling roses are usually fixed by These are fixed in the same manner as the smaller screws to circular wooden roses set…
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