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Re: puncheon floors
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David west <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
BP - "Magma Charta Erupts Weakly"
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 02:09:31 +0000
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>>> Norm/Ilene Tyler <[log in to unmask]> 9/11/99 12:18:40 >>> wrote:
"What I want to know is Mark Twain's access to this obscure architectural
terminology...  This was new to me."

Ilene

Is this another example of historical revisionism?  Perhaps puncheon floors were common and/or the terminology was in common use?

Alternatively, perhaps it is just another example of the enormous loss of knowledge which occurs over time ... a bit like all the coins and other valuable artifacts which must have fallen through the cracks in the puncheon floors!

david

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