Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston : J.R. Osgood and Company · leaf 143
lties. Wewill put hard stone in the sub-basement, but you will remarkthat, excepting in the angles and for the vent-holes, it is only inthe casing, it does not make through stone, that is, does nottake the whole thickness of the wall. We have excellent ash-lar, which, with the good mortar we use,… … Fig. 28. and we shall thus economize the freestone. In elevation, abovethe .basement, you will see how, when you wish, you can sparethe freestone, while making excellent constructions. We find, PAUL BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND. 121 besides, on the neighboring plateaus, thin lime-banks, which are imbedded…
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