Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 46
r with mortar which ismore or less carefully worked into the seams. This kind of workwill be easily detected by use of the steel rod, which we can feel mov-ing the stones if poorly bedded. The right way is to settle each stone,no matter how small, into a bed of mortar either by rubbing with… … v^//l.,i/t, Fig. 17, Straight Joiut in Wall. [i^Hl*-—^ is not only danger of shoving the wall out of plumb, but the bed ofchips and mortar which has been prepared is sure to be torn up, andthere is no certainty that the stones are properly bedded. Satisfiedwith the work which has been done so far,…
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