Building stone, lathing, plastering, and tiling, common brickwork, ornamental brickwork and terra cotta : lighting fixtures, use and design of lighting fixtures, architectural design (1909)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co. · leaf 239
Fig. 25 24 ORNAMENTAL BRICKWORK §41 push out the walls of the building. When an arch must beused in such a place, it should be stiffened with some formof beams put into it, or the two skew backs should be tiedtogether. By using this latter method, of course the tie-rod … Fig. 26 would show inside the building. Then, also, the crown ofthe arch would have to be held back in place to prevent itsfalling forwards into the street. The best method, therefore,when it is absolutely necessary to use such an arch, is to carrythe load of the superimposed brickwork on hidden…
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