Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . MOLDED BRICK. wedge-shapes for arches, and of other formsfor the construction of pavements, curbs, sills,cornices, copings, etc. The form of brick inwhich the surface is ornamented is comingmore into use every day, although this descrip- tion of ornament is often made of terra architect has thus at his command means ofproducing effects that were n
Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . MOLDED BRICK. wedge-shapes for arches, and of other formsfor the construction of pavements, curbs, sills,cornices, copings, etc. The form of brick inwhich the surface is ornamented is comingmore into use every day, although this descrip- tion of ornament is often made of terra architect has thus at his command means ofproducing effects that were not previously with-in his reach. Although the architectural effectis satisfactory, the construction of brickwork,. MOLDED BRICK FOR DOOR-JAMB. in regard to strength, is open to common custom is to employ face-bricksof a superior quality to those on the interiorof the wall, and this is an obstacle to goodconstruction, as such bricks are almost invari-ably larger than the commoner varieties, andhence can not be properly bonded in or tiedtogether. Even a graver error, which, in theUnited States, is almost universal, is that ofusing what is known as running the practice was to build brick-work in one of the systems known respective-ly as English and Flemish bond, and the an-cient brick buildings in Europe are all of thisconstruction. In recent years the running
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