onstructionabove ground, we would say that ifproperly manipulated, there is strengthand durability in this composition;and although a recent failure of a pub-lic building, constructed of a certain de-scription of small blocks called by thename of concrete, has brought downupon it the marked… … A COUNTRY CHURCH IN CONCRETE. ness in their very form. We allude tothe hole in the heart, which is meantfor purposes of ventilation, but is fatalto thefirst principles of strength. Theproportion of lime to that of sand is notsufficient for the perfect cementation ofthe mass, and we do not believe…
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