Builder's architectural drawing self-taught : containing descriptions of drawing instruments and accessories, with rules for using them, and hints as to their care and management ... (1903)
Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919 · Chicago : F.J. Drake & Co. · leaf 153
s, when two ormore joints do fall into the same line, as at x y ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SELF TAUGHT 121 Fig ii6, they form what is called a straightjoint. Straight joints split up and weaken thepart of the wall in which they occur, and shouldtherefore be avoided. A good bond breaks thevertical… … Fig. 116. A further effect of bond is to distribute thepressure which comes upon each brick over alarge number of bricks below it. Thus, in Fig.ii6, there is a proper bond among the bricksforming the face of the wall, and the pressureupon the brick A is communicated to every brickwithin the…
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