A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 215
d d, the bottom stone, sometimes known as the knccler, which should always be well bonded into the wall. It is well to have long pieces of coping, so as to have as few joints as possible;a common length is 6feet. A short piece,cut as shown at«, Fig.44, should be insertedat intervals to securelybond… … 8 MASONRY. 45 COLUMNS AND ENTABLATURES. 83. When possible, it is best to have the shaft of acolumn formed in one piece, irrespective of length—that is,a monolitJi. All the columns in the later portion of the Capitolat Washington are marble monoliths, quarried in Maryland.For a good class of work,…
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