The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 204
d be as stiff andstrong as an ordinary 14-inch wall, and, excluding the original expense of brickmaking andfoundery apparatus, wouldnot cost above one third theexpense. The bottom courseof bricks should be laidacross, under the surface, asin^^. 44., to form a broadfoundation. The generalappearance… … earthen tubes mightbe used for filling theinterspaces of thesewalls. When slates,boards, or flags areused, the breadth ofthe rabbet in the iron post may be considerably less, say aninch, as \njig. 46. Slate houses of great strength and dura-bility might be made by filling up the spaces with…
