A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 202
asing 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 several sizes of stoneshould be used. Fig. 26 shows an ordinary broken ashlarwall, 2 feet thick, the sizes of stone used… … Fig. 27. three sizes of stone, 4, 8, and 13 inches in height; a showsan 8-inch quoin; b, a 13-inch stone; and c, the backing. 59. Rancloni Work.—Broken ashlar is often arrangedas shown in Fig. 28, the courses being 18 to 24 inches high.This is called randoni-coiirsed work, for the reason that…
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