Modern stone-cutting and masonry : with special reference to the making of working drawings (1896)
Siebert, John S. (John Selmar), Biggin, Frederic Child · New York : J. Wiley & Son ; London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 27
14 MODERN STONE-CUTTING AND MASONRY. laid in courses at all. it is Random-work (Fig. 23), and this is generally to be expected of this kind of masonry unless the specifications call for Range-work. This style of masonry is called Block in Course by the English. In quarry-faced and … Fig. 22. Fig. 23. pitch-faced masonry quoins and the sides of openings are usually hammer-dressed. This consists in removing projec- tions so as to secure a rough-smooth surface, and is done with the face-hammer, the plain axe, or the tooth-axe. This work- is a necessity where door or window frames…
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