Radford's brick houses and how to build them : a standard collection of new, original, and artistic designs for brick houses, apartments, stores and flats, garages, etc. ; together with complete instruction in the manufacture of brick and its practical uses as a building material selected and compiled by William A. Radford ... Every plan designed and executed by a corps of licensed architects of the highest professional standing, assisted by a staff of expert draftsmen. Over 300 designs and details. (1912)
Radford, William A., 1865- · The Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Ill. and New York, N.Y. · leaf 19
rd, as in chimneys, flues, fireplaces,etc. Brick of all three classes mentionedabove, are made by three differentmanufacturing processes—namely, thesoft-mud, the stiff-mud, and the dry-press. Soft-mud brick are manufacturedeither by hand or by machine. Theclay is dug from the clay bank, andthrown… … Fig. 5. A Powerfully Geared Stiff-Mud BrickMachine. the brick in burning. Water is turnedonto the clay, which is left to soak for24 hours. In hand yards, the mixing isdone in a circular pit by means of atempering wheel operated by sweep andhorse. The clay is thrown into moldsso as to fill them…
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