Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 141
n cut with an axe and set. The skew- backs are then formed and the arch built up, using the core as a turning piece. The span of a relieving arch should be at least as long as the lintel. Sometimes when the opening in a wall is small the lintel is cut on the upper side to the shape of the soffit of… … rely entirely upon the arch for support. The use of the the superincumbent weight ; these are termed Relieving lintel is for fixing the joinery work. or Discharging arches. The most frequent position for Lintels cast of coke breeze concrete in wooden such arches to occupy is over door, and window…
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