North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge University of Northern Iowa, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 343
... reeds between the courses , ) is composed chiefly of sun - dried bricks . Mr. Ives ob served , that those which remained in the building were softer than those , which lay scattered about among the rubbish , at the foot of the ruin ...
... reeds between the courses , ) is composed chiefly of sun - dried bricks . Mr. Ives ob served , that those which remained in the building were softer than those , which lay scattered about among the rubbish , at the foot of the ruin ...
Page 345
... reeds appear ( he says ) in some parts of it ; but if they were really mixed with the clay , it must be in a very small proportion , from the very great weight of the brick ; and it appeared to him probable , that the reeds were nothing ...
... reeds appear ( he says ) in some parts of it ; but if they were really mixed with the clay , it must be in a very small proportion , from the very great weight of the brick ; and it appeared to him probable , that the reeds were nothing ...
Page 347
... reeds or rushes at every sixth , seventh , or eighth course of sun - dried bricks . No bitumen was used there ; for Mr. Ives drew out the reeds from the wall with ease : a proof , that they were not laid in any tenacious kind of cement ...
... reeds or rushes at every sixth , seventh , or eighth course of sun - dried bricks . No bitumen was used there ; for Mr. Ives drew out the reeds from the wall with ease : a proof , that they were not laid in any tenacious kind of cement ...
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