Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 44
hanging at intervalsfrom the long lines (See Fig.. 7), using the stones about as they cometo hand, the only preparation being to square the too irregular ones,to make a face on them by the use of the stone hammer. We cau-tion the mason to level off the wall about every two feet (Fig. 15) andto keep… … Fig. 15. Riibble Wall Levelled Off. 80 BUILDIxVG SUPERINTENDENCE 23 the wall already built to see if this has been done. In a wall such aswe reqiire, that is, with practically two faces, there is often a tendencyto build the two faces with long narrow stones and fill in betweenwith small stones…
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