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...

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...

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...

and it was found convenient to provide the building with an iron frame, largely of cast iron, replacing flammable wood. The first such building was at Ditherington...

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

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...

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 modell...

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...