A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 160
Fig. 116. entirely of stretcher brick. This form of arch, unlessbonded back into the rear wall with strap iron, is not astrong construction. Fig. 117 shows a 12-inch segmental brick arch over a win- … FlG. IIT dow opening, with the arch constructed of gauged brick,and the window frame fitted into the head. Fig. 118 shows a flat arch, bonded into the rear wall bythe headers a, a. It is best to give the soffit of such archesa slight camber, or curve, as shown at /-, because when theyare made level…
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