rizontal courses ; but in a skew arch, they are cut in notches re-sembling the teeth of a saw. The size of each of these skew backsis of little importance ; but if the arch is to be built of brick, theshortest side of each ought to be equal to a certain number of coursesof brick-work ; and the… … 314 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. The mock of working the winding beds of the stones, as describedby Mr. Fox, is well worthy of adoption both on account of its sim-plicity and its certainty. As his essay may not be in the hands ofall your readers, I may perhaps be permitted to…
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