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Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)

Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 155

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es of work, supple-mented by critical observation in the stone yard and at the building,should give one a good idea of the ordinary methods and practicesemployed in this country : Stonework, such as is used in the superstructure of buildings, maybe divided into three classes : Rubble, Ashlar and… … Fig. 60—Rubble, Undressed, Laid at Random. be easily cut, such as the conglomerates and slate stones. Thesestones generally split so as to give one good face, and may be usedwith good effect for walls, with cut stone or brick trimmings. Fig. 60 shows the usual method of building a rubble wall…

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