Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 251
fulllength, the thickness of the brick is marked offaround the back of the arch, and the jointsdrawn to the center, as in Fig. 113, at left. The 220 FRAMING joints are very fine, being usually specified tobe not more than % inch, the mortar beingeither fine cement or lime putty. In Europe, special… … Fig. 112. To Find the Arch Centers. exposed to the air for a time, the surface of thesebricks becomes exceedingly hard and imper-vious to the action of the weather. For thered brick dwellings of Queen Anne andColonial style, now so much in vogue again,such bricks are exceedingly useful. Not onlycan…
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