A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 122
the 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 walls,always tends to reduce the apparent strength of the struc-ture, and… … thirds of the number of headers that occur in English bondare exposed, and each course is composed of a header and 112 MASONRY. § 7 stretcher alternately. The method of laying brick in Flemishbond is shown in Fig. 78. The lap in this case is obtainedby the use of three-quarter bats, both at the…
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