How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 139
el, and scrapes off the extra mortarthat clings to them. The mortar between thebricks is called the joints. The bricks are so laidthat the joints do not form continuous verticallines. Laying the bricks in this way is calledbreaking the joints. Is there any advantage inbreaking the joints? 122 HOW… … Pig. 49. — Early Home of Longfellow. The interior of a brick building is finished aboutas is the interior of a wooden one. Here is apicture of one of the oldest brick houses in theUnited States. It is in Portland, Maine. It wasbuilt in the years 1785-6. The early life of Henry HOW BRICKS ARE MADE…
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