Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, Comstock · leaf 509
omplaints have been occasionallymade by architects that they find it difficult to get a strictly flatceiling- with this type of arch. The open ends of the hollow tiles notbeing well adapted to receive mortar for the mortar joints, themortar often squeezes out, permitting some of the blocks to… … End-construction, I-beam Shape, bide-construction Skew. results from the side-construction. This has been demonstrated bytheory and verified by tests. The advantages of reduced weightwith equal strength, and the generallv smaller amount of cuttingfor tie-rods, have already been referred to.…
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