The English CastleBatsford, 1942 - 120 pages |
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... timber technique ) , and what little they had been able to learn about masonry con- struction had been derived from ... timber , for his ancestors had lived in wooden halls and his knowledge of timber construction was probably unequalled ...
... timber technique ) , and what little they had been able to learn about masonry con- struction had been derived from ... timber , for his ancestors had lived in wooden halls and his knowledge of timber construction was probably unequalled ...
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... timbers it is necessary to form neat , rigid joints between the various members of the framework of the house . The Scandinavian method was evolved " out of nothing " by a people familiar from earliest times with timber con- struction ...
... timbers it is necessary to form neat , rigid joints between the various members of the framework of the house . The Scandinavian method was evolved " out of nothing " by a people familiar from earliest times with timber con- struction ...
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Hugh Braun. has lived in a timber house knows how it is apt to twist and flop if it is insufficiently braced . It seems possible that the classical principle may have reached the timber builders of Normandy about the time when the first ...
Hugh Braun. has lived in a timber house knows how it is apt to twist and flop if it is insufficiently braced . It seems possible that the classical principle may have reached the timber builders of Normandy about the time when the first ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 5 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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