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Our homes and their adornments; (1884)

Varney, Almon Clother, 1849- [from old catalog] · Detroit, Mich., J. C. Chilton & co. · leaf 164

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ounteracts the effect of con-trast of old and new work. If porticoes, verandas, cornice, verge-boards, or bracketsare to be added, great care must be used to make the out- ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS. 151 lines of old and new work blend, as it frequently happensthat such additions present anything… … Fig 28. If additions are to be made to brick buiklings, the newwall must be joined to the old by cutting a vertical groovein the old wall four inches deep, and broad enough to receivethe brick of the new wall, as when the courses of the newwall are locked into the old, brick for brick, thei-e will…

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