A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 196
nd joints dressed but very little, the rough angles onlybeing knocked off; the stones are set irregularly in the wall,the interstices being filled with spalls and mortar. If betterwork is desired, the joints and beds of the stonework shouldbe hammer-dressed. The walls are frequently pointed… … !.&. : \i Pig. 19. be either cut stone or rock face; the last harmonizes wellwhen there is similarly dres.sed stone in the V^dy of the wall.All the joints should be hammer-dres.sed, as shown at b, andno spalls should show on the face, while the mortar jointsshould not exceed \ inch to f inch in…
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