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" The whole of the walling of a building should be carried up simultaneously; no part should be allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest; otherwise the portion first built will settle down... "
Notes on Building Construction: First stage or elementary course - Page 1
1891
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Notes on building construction [by P.G.L. Smith].

Percy Gaillemard L. Smith - 1875 - 264 pages
...simultaneously ; no part should be allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest, otherwise the portion first built will settle down and come...will cause a rupture, and cracks will appear in the masonry. If it should be necessary to carry up one part of a wall before the other, the end of the...
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Notes on Building Construction, Part 1

Henry Fidler - Building - 1875 - 248 pages
...simultaneously ; uo part should be allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest, otherwise the portion first built will settle down and come...will cause a rupture, and cracks will appear in the masonry. If it should be necessary to carry up one part of a wall before the other, the end of the...
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Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of ..., Volume 2

Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1184 pages
...about 3 ft. above the rest, otherwise the portion first built will settle down and come to its bearing before the other is attached to it, and then the settlement...will cause a rupture, and cracks will appear in the masonry. If it should be necessary to carry up one part of a wall before the other, the end of the...
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Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of ..., Volume 2

Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1004 pages
...about 3 ft. above the rest, otherwise the portion first built will settle down and come to its bearing before the other is attached to it, and then the settlement...will cause a rupture, and cracks will appear in the masonry. If it should be necessary to carry up one part of a wall before the other, the end of the...
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Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A ...

Austin Thomas Byrne - Building - 1898 - 572 pages
...allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest; otherwise the portion first built will sottle down to its bearings before the other is attached to it,...up one part of a wall before the other, the end of that portion first built should be racked buck, that is, left in steps, each course projecting farther...
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Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A ...

Austin Thomas Byrne - Building - 1898 - 574 pages
...allowed 10 rise more than about 3 feet above the rest; otherwise the portion first built will settle down to its bearings before the other is attached to it,...settlement which takes place in the newer portion will canse a rupture, and cracks will appear in the structure. If it should be necessary to carry up one...
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Masonry Construction: A Guide to Approved American Practice in the Selection ...

American School of Correspondence, Chicago, Alfred Edward Phillipps, Austin Thomas Byrne - Masonry - 1907 - 154 pages
...allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest; otherwise the portion first built will settle down to its bearings before the other is attached to it,...appear in the structure. If it should be necessary to earrv up one part of a wall before the other, the end of that portion first built should be racked...
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Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A ...

Austin Thomas Byrne - 1910 - 628 pages
...allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest; otherwise the portion first built will settle down to its bearings before the other Is attached to it,...up one part of a wall before the other, the end of that portion first built should be racked buck, that is, left in steps, each course projecting farther...
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Cyclopedia of Carpentry and Contracting ...: Building superintendence ...

Architectural drawing - 1910 - 424 pages
...allowed to rise more than about 3 feet above the rest; otherwise the portion first built will settle down to its bearings before the other is attached to it,...up one part of a wall before the other, the end of that portion first built should be racked back, that is, left in steps, each course projecting farther...
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