Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 402
ne face of the wall, with English bond on the other. Fig. 2984 is old English bond, or block bond; Fig. 2985, Flemish bond; Fig. 2986, cross bond;and Fig. 2987, combined cross and block bond. English bond is, upon the whole, to be preferred to Flemish bond for strength, as it contains alarger… … better face can be shown on both sides by Flemish than by English bond, as the unequal length ofheaders causes a rough face when there are many of them. In walls of 1-J brick in thickness thestrength is not so much impaired by using Flemish bond as it is in thicker walls. For thick wallsEnglish…
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