 | Thomas Martin (civil engineer.) - 1813 - 714 pages
...little better than rubbish. Notwithstanding this, the practice of Flemish bond, has continued iirom the time of William and Mary, when it was introduced, with many other Dutch fashions ; and our workmen are so infatuated with this practice, that there is scarcely an instance to be seen of... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Building - 1825 - 342 pages
...brick, little better than rubbish. Notwith. standing this, the practice of Flemish bond has continued from the time of William and Mary, when it was introduced, with many other Dutch fashions ; and our workmen are so infatuated with this practice, that there is scarcely an instance to be seen of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...brick, little better than rubbish. Notwithstanding this, the practice of Flemish bond has continued from the time of William and Mary, when it was introduced with many other Dutch fashions ; and our workmen are so infatuated with this practice, that there is scarcely an instance to be seen of... | |
 | Edward Shaw - Masonry - 1846 - 342 pages
...sometimes, may not occur for a considerable space. Walls of this kind consist of two faces of four-inch work, with very little to connect them together, and,...its prevention. Some have laid laths, or slips of hoop-iron, occasionally, in the horizontal points between the two courses ; others have laid diagonal... | |
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Dutch fashions, and the workmen are so infatuated with it, that there is now scarcely an instance of the old English bond to be seen. The frequent splitting of walls into two thicknesses has been attributed to the Flemish bond alone, and various methods... 