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" Indeed the greatest part of the mystery of painting stucco, so as to stand or wear well, certainly consists in attending to these observations ; for whoever has observed the expansive power of water, not only in congelation, but also in evaporation, must... "
The Builder's Practical Guide: Containing a Complete Explanation of the ... - Page 627
by John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - 1830 - 182 pages
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The Builder's Complete Guide: Comprehending the Theory and Practice of the ...

Charles Frederick Partington - Building - 1825 - 342 pages
...Indeed the greatest part of the mystery of painting stucco, so as to stand or wear well, certainly consists in attending to these observations ; for...plaster, and frequently causes large defective patches, extremely difficult to get the better of. Perhaps, in general cases, where persons are building on...
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The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography ...

1838 - 1014 pages
...painted over much sooner than when prepared on brick. Indeed the most difficult part of stucco painting consists in attending to these observations ; for...meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as oilpainting for instance, it immediately resists it, forming a number of vesicles containing an acrid...
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Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System ...

Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1852 - 426 pages
...serviceable in stucco, unless the walls have been erected a sufficient time to permit the mass of brick work to have acquired a sufficient degree of dryness. When...number of vesicles or particles, containing an acrid lime water, which forces off the layers of plaster, and frequently causes large defective patches,...
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Plumbing and Gas-fitting, Heating and Ventilation of Buildings, Painting and ...

Contractors - 1903 - 686 pages
...following observations. The expansive power of water is such, both in freezing and in evaporation, that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as, for instance, oil painting, it immediately assails the obstruction, forming, in so doing, a number...
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International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for ..., Volume 32

Agriculture - 1903 - 688 pages
...following observations. The expansive power of water is such, both in freezing and in evaporation, that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as, for instance, oil painting, it immediately assails the obstruction, forming, in so doing, a number...
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Journal of the Society of Constructors of Federal Buildings, Volume 6

Building - 1915 - 410 pages
...following observations. The expansive power of water is such, both in freezing and in evaporation, that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as for instance, oil painting, it immediately assails the obstruction, forming, in so doing, a number...
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