An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 548
... course of sound whole slate slabs , a quarter of an inch thick , in cement . When the soil is very damp , two or even three courses of ordinary slates may be laid in and well bonded , not only in the main walls , but in all cross ...
... course of sound whole slate slabs , a quarter of an inch thick , in cement . When the soil is very damp , two or even three courses of ordinary slates may be laid in and well bonded , not only in the main walls , but in all cross ...
Page 552
... course is formed either of headers or stretchers . Secondly , that every brick in the same course and on the same face of the wall must be laid in the same direction , and that in no instance is a brick to be placed with its whole ...
... course is formed either of headers or stretchers . Secondly , that every brick in the same course and on the same face of the wall must be laid in the same direction , and that in no instance is a brick to be placed with its whole ...
Page 563
... course should follow the same order as in the inferior course , and every vertical joint should fall as nearly as possible in the middle of the stone below . 1920. In every course of ashlar facing in which the backing is brick or rubble ...
... course should follow the same order as in the inferior course , and every vertical joint should fall as nearly as possible in the middle of the stone below . 1920. In every course of ashlar facing in which the backing is brick or rubble ...
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