A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 201
oken Aslilar.—It is often found that stones ofuniform size cannot be cheaply obtained, in which case,irregular sizes luay be used, forming what is termed brokenashlar; by careful workmanship, a coursed effect may beproduced with nearly continuous horizontal joints. Prob-ably the great majority of… … ii>*^ Fig. 26. fit and lay the different sizes of stone. This kind of ashlar,when properly executed, presents a pleasing appearance.It is generally laid up as rock-faced work, but in some Cases,it is tooled or hammer-dressed. It should have no horizon-tal joints more than 4 feet long, and…
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