. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . of ordinary mortar. In this[jlastic state it is poured into moulds ad-justed to the proportions of the walls, andin due time it sets. When reinforcedby steel rods or vertebrae, as it were, con-crete, once it has solidified, is as stable andpermanent as quarried stone. Xo betterillustration of this can be suggested thanis foiuid in a column made of reinforcedconcrete. So great is the cohesive and ten-sile strength of the combined mass of metaland cement mortar that an upright shaftof
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . of ordinary mortar. In this[jlastic state it is poured into moulds ad-justed to the proportions of the walls, andin due time it sets. When reinforcedby steel rods or vertebrae, as it were, con-crete, once it has solidified, is as stable andpermanent as quarried stone. Xo betterillustration of this can be suggested thanis foiuid in a column made of reinforcedconcrete. So great is the cohesive and ten-sile strength of the combined mass of metaland cement mortar that an upright shaftof this substance, secured only at its base,will vibrate perceptibly when struck a com-paratively slight blow. The so-called monolithic, or Jfirrproot lijoinc at f)(ainficlb, il. J., Squires & ttlfncoop. architects Concrete anb fetjinalc Jilonsc at ashiirp J)arl> Z\)e ^uburbnnite
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