When passing through the machine, or in the process of drying, any number may be readily splayed at the ends for gables, or marked for closures, and broken off as required in use ; or they may be perforated for the purpose of ventilation. If nicked with... Buildings - Página 137por George Henry Andrews - 1852Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1849 - 722 páginas
...may be readily splayed at the ends for gables, or marked for closures, and broken off as required in use ; or they may be perforated for the purpose of...with a trowel as readily as those of a common brick. Nine patent hollow bricks of the size before described will do as much walling as sixteen ordinary... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1852 - 1068 páginas
...may be readily splayed at the ends for gables, or marked for closures, and broken off as required in use ; or they may be perforated for the purpose of...bricks may be selected from an ordinary burning, and in laying them, a much better bond will be obtained than is usually given in common brickwork. The... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1852 - 258 páginas
...brieks ean be splayed at the ends for gables, or marked for elosures, and broken off as required in use, or they may be perforated for the purpose of ventilation. If nieked with a sharp-pointed hammer, they will break off at any desired line; and the angles may be... | |
| MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853 - 404 páginas
...may be readily splayed at the ends tor gables, or marked tor closures, and broken off as required in use; or they may be perforated for the purpose of ventilation. If nicked with a sharp pointed hammer, they will break off at any desired line; and the angles may be taken off with... | |
| Henry Stephens - 1861 - 726 páginas
...of handling. If niched at any desired part with a sharp-pointed hammer, they will break off easily, and the angles may be taken off with a trowel as readily as those of a common brick. The bricks for the quoins and jambs may be perforated for ventilating purposes, with perpendicular... | |
| Edward Dobson - 1911 - 312 páginas
...bricks can be splayed at the ends for gables, or marked for closures, and broken off as required in use, or they may be perforated for the purpose of...; and the angles may be taken off with a trowel as in the common brick. The bricks for the quoins and jambs may be made solid or perforated, and with... | |
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