A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 81
sign of these walls—the nature of the soil, how farand to what extent the bank has been disturbed, the waythe earth or other materials is filled in against the walls,etc.—that they can place but little confidence in theoretical 70 MASONRY. §? formulas, and prefer to be guided more by rules based… … i.-.:/.:?.. ■.■.■. ;;;i;ii^;:cV;-;^;W^vV;o^V>;V-!^f^ :\ ■>■.!; Fig. 52. method is considered to be the better one, on account ofgiving more stability, but it is more difficult to build well, andas the beds of the stones must all be inclined, water runningdown the face of the wall is likely to…
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