TERRA-COTTA,  BRICK,  ETC.

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The  fine  exhibition  of  "  shape-bricks,”  in  great  variety,
merits  special  notice.  The  drawiugs  appended  render  description
  superfluous.  They  are  from  Originals  furnished  by
tbe  Company.  Arcbitects  and  tliose  interested  in  construction
  will  see  at  a  glance  what  possibilities  in  decorative  construction
  such  bricks  afford.  They  are  of  great  importance,
economically  considered,  in  forming  angles  and  corners,  and
should  be  extensively  used  in  thc  United  States,  where  attempts
  at  such  manufacture  are  few  and  far  between.  The
use  of  such  forms  in  our  public  buildings,  railway  stations,
etc.,  with  or  without  terra-cotta  slabs  and  Ornaments,  could
not  fail  to  powerfully  influence  public  taste,  thus  imperceptibly
  but  surely  promoting  art-culture  among  the  people.
The  hollow-tongued  and  grooyed  wall  or  casing  brick
(Fig.  59)  would  make  a  light  wall  of  great  strength,  and
is  probably  well  adapted  to  partitions.
All  of  these  drawiugs  have  been  reduced  to  one-twentieth,
but  the  little  scale  reduced  equally  with  tliem  will  indicate
the  sizes  :—