A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 203
. other necessary details. The plans for public and officebuildings, etc., usually show every stone, unless brokenashlar is used, in which case it is only necessary to show thequoins and jambs on the drawings, together with enough ofthe ashlar to indicate the character of the work desired. Itis… … Fig. 28.on the face. When the ashlar does not exceed 12 inches inheight, the thickness varies from 4 to 8 inches, usually thelatter, A much better bond is formed when one stone is 6or 8 inches thick, and the other 4 inches, than when there isa uniform width of, say, 6 inches. When ashlar is laid in…
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