History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · London, J. Murray · leaf 383
0 ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE The reason for the .limited use of brick in Rome may havebeen the scarcity of wood for fuel for the kilns. But in anycase the pointed backs of the bricks made a good bondingwith concrete, and presented a large surface with a com-paratively small amount of clay.… … From BluMiHcr.FIG. 190. DIAGRAM SHOWING CONSTRUCTION OF WALL OF OPUS MIXTUM. thick, the brick facing only about 5 inches. The characterof the brick facing often indicates the date of a wall, thebricks in early work being thick and the joints thin ; later, thereverse is the case. But caution must be…
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