A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 264
end-method arch the stronger. 100. T:n(l-Methocl Arclies.—Arches of this kind areusually formed of rectangular blocks, divided by verticaland horizontal webs into four or more sections, and havingbeveled end joints. It is not customary to make the blocksin one transverse row break joints with those… … Fig. 77.at r, one of the inside blocks; and at d, the key block. Thisform of construction is economical and simple, as all theblocks in each longitudinal row of the arch are made alike.Porous terra cotta is used almost exclusively in the manu-facture of this type of arch. 161. One objection to this…
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