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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 23

An illustration from 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, leaf 23
STRUCTION the following manner: earthenware tubes twoand a-half inches square were made by a ma-chine in ten-foot lengths, and, previous to beingburned, w^ere cut into one-foot lengths. A cen-tering, or platform was erected, upon which twocourses of these tubes were laid at right anglesto each… … Fig. 1. Tile Floor. Probably Mr. Frost derived his idea of thisform of floor from a custom at one time of form-ing coverings to areas and forecourts by beddingthree courses of roofing tiles together with ce-ment, breaking joints as a matter of course, withspans up to eight or nine feet being usual.…

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