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Burnham   /bˈərnəm/  /bˈərnhæm/   Listen
Burnham

noun
1.
United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912).  Synonym: Daniel Hudson Burnham.






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"Burnham" Quotes from Famous Books



... this erroneous determination for a purpose which, even were it correct, would not be warranted, for they on its authority leave out all the symbols by which heights are represented, and substitute therefore a dotted line with the inscription "Fictitious hills of Mr. Burnham's map." The actual character of this part of the American line is an ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Tyler - Section 2 (of 3) of Volume 4: John Tyler • Compiled by James D. Richardson



Words linked to "Burnham" :   designer, architect



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