This section is from the book "Practical Up-To-Date Plumbing", by George B. Clow. Also available from Amazon: Practical Up-To-Date Plumbing.
By FRED T. HODGSON
This book is devoted altogether to brick work of all kinds, and includes an explanation of the various terms employed in the trade, with illustrations and definitions showing what the terms really mean.
Damp courses are dealt with in a separate chapter in which the various methods of constructing damp courses are fully illustrated, described and explained. Various methods of forming brick pilasters, columns, quoins and pands are explained, illustrated and described. Joints in brick work are illustrated, described and explained in a separate chapter, in which the kinds of mortar to employ for various works are defined. Chimney breasts, flues, stacks, fire-places and chimneys, of all kinds are described and illustrated.
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