Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 97
nts, and should be propor-tioned so as to resist the thrust from any arches there may be in thefront. The braces should be about 8x8 or 10x10 inches in size,with 6x12 uprights against the wall, the ends of the braces beingmortised into the uprights. If there is no wall opposite the building to be… … Fig. 56- Chapter IV.LIMES, CEMENTS AND MORTARS. There is hardly any material used by the architect or builder uponwhich so much depends as upon mortar in its different forms, and itis important that the architect should be sufficiently familiar with thedifferent kinds of limes and cements to know…
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