A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 122
uired, as by its usea complete and thorough transverse bond is procured. Itwill be observed that the heart of the wall consists entirelyof heading bond, and that the joints of the heading course,as at a, are well bonded by the headers of the stretchingcourse, as at b. The English bond can also be… … Fig. 77. An objection frequently urged against the appearance ofthe English bond on the face of the wall, is the recurrenceof so many headers, which give the work the appearance ofbeing constructed of so many tile-like blocks. The use ofdiminutive blocks of either brick or stone, in heavy…
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