A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 198
Coursed Rubble.—In walls of this sort, someeffort is made to produce a coursed effect, using- stone ofrandom sizes; little or no attention, however, is paid touniformity of height in the different courses. For suchwalls, the stones are generally roughly dressed by the masonbefore he begins work.… … Fig. 22. usually dressed and laid with more care than the remainderof the work, and also serve as gauge courses. Coursedrubble, when well built, makes a very solid wall, and ismuch used. Fig. 22 represents a coursed rubble wall, a showing therubblework; I?, the quoins; c, the bond stones…
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