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The story of a house (1874)

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston : J.R. Osgood and Company · leaf 256

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walls to a distance of 15 centimetres. There isstill a detail to prepare for the carpenter. You must seeto it that the ends of the beams fixed in the masonryshall be laid on with red-lead, and that they shall beshut in a box of zinc, No. 14, to prevent the moisture ofthe walls from penetrating the… … Pro. 51. The next day Paul produced his drawings. They neededmany corrections, but the cousin was able to complimenthim on his improvement. Paul took a good deal of trouble,tried hard to understand; and if he did not always discoverthe most simple and natural solutions, at least he showedthat he…

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