engineering

Lion Block

Lion Block is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lion Block rather than just read about it. In short: The Lion Block, at 216 West Main in Ness City, Kansas in Ness County, Kansas, was built in 1887 and includes, in its parapet wall, a lion carved by stonemason Henry Tilley, for which the building is named. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Key takeaways

Lion Block belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lion Block to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lion Block from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Lion Block, at 216 West Main in Ness City, Kansas in Ness County, Kansas, was built in 1887 and includes, in its parapet wall, a lion carved by stonemason Henry Tilley, for which the building is named. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

It is a two-story two-part commercial building. The building shared a party wall, its west wall, with adjacent building which was not nominated for NRHP listing, and which was demolished some time after 2008 and before 2016. The two buildings faced south onto the courthouse square which holds the Ness County Courthouse. The front of the Lion Block includes two storefronts with iron framing manufactured by the 1886-founded Capital Iron Works company of Topeka, Kansas. It is Victorian in style with elements of Italianate, such as in its round-topped windows. It was "nominated to the National Register for its architectural significance as a highly decorative and unique Italianate-style commercial building." Among other functions, it served as a meeting house for the local Oddfellows group. The McFarland Block, the adjacent building, survived in 2008.

Notes

References

External links Media related to Lion Block (Ness City, Kansas) at Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lion Block

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lion Block claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lion Block before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lion Block ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lion Block

In research: Lion Block appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lion Block in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lion Block is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 1887, Kansas Registered Historic Place stubs, National Register of Historic Places in Ness County, Kansas, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lion Block outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lion Block in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lion Block means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Lion Block out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lion Block in simple terms?

Why does Lion Block matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lion Block?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lion Block.