Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 158
other firm description of masonry no vertical joints occur and no spalls are used on the face. Stones which occur naturally in shallow beds, such as Kentish rag lime- stone, are usually used for the face stones of polygonal work, the hearting being composed of brickwork. To fit any stone, such as S… … When stones possess a distinct natural bed which — as they are called when used for this purpose — are varies considerably in depth, it lends itself very well placed against the standards. The faces of the flints for the class of rubble known as Irregular or Random- or popples are polled or split…
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