Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . some sixty in all, that be-long to the Institute, a plan which provides as good an opportunity ofapplying the trade as could well be found. .Enough will be given inthis course to enable the student to become an intelligent painter ofhouses; and instruction will be given, besides, to a limited extent, ingraining, hard-wood finishing, kalsomining and frescoing. The theory of paints, their manufacture and adulteration, and les-sons on the mixture and harmony of colors will be given as time
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . some sixty in all, that be-long to the Institute, a plan which provides as good an opportunity ofapplying the trade as could well be found. .Enough will be given inthis course to enable the student to become an intelligent painter ofhouses; and instruction will be given, besides, to a limited extent, ingraining, hard-wood finishing, kalsomining and frescoing. The theory of paints, their manufacture and adulteration, and les-sons on the mixture and harmony of colors will be given as time maypermit. 11 A M P T ON IN S T I T U T E 77 Carriage Pai?iting may be taken if desired. In this as in the carpentry and painting courses, thegreatest stress will be laid on plain house work, includ-ing foundations, walls, arches and chimneys. Thecourse of instruction is as follows.—Bricklaying— Proper use of the ordinary bricklayersmortar beds and boards, building scaffolds, screening Bricklaying andPlastering tools ; making sand, slacking lime, use of coloring material, selecting brick, choice of. Class in Plastering lime and sand, spreading mortar, use of cement, cleaning brick; brickpavement, laying foundations with footings, using bond rod, Englishand Flemish ; use of stretcher, headers, halfheaders, rowlocks, and ties;laying piers, setting window and door frames; laying pressed-brickfront, trimming joints with pointing trowel and straightedge; layingoff and building arches, square, banded, gothic, circular and inverted ;building chimneys and stacks, square, round, and octagon; ornamentalwork, terra-cotta and tile work; laying drain pipes, culverts, wells, andcisterns ; cleaning walls with acid ; setting bake oven and bpiler; fire-place work, and arched roof work, barrel and dome. Plastering.—Making mortar and putty, use of hair; lathing 78 CATALOGUE OF plastering walls and ceiling ; plastering to ground and to finish ; sandfinish ; stucco work; and running cornice.
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