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  2. Brickwork - Wikipedia

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    A leaf is as thick as the width of one brick, but a wall is said to be one brick thick if it as wide as the length of a brick. Accordingly, a single-leaf wall is a half brick thickness; a wall with the simplest possible masonry transverse bond [definition needed] is said to be one brick thick, and so on. [21]

  3. Course (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Bond course: This is a course of headers that bond the facing masonry to the backing masonry. [1] Plinth: The bottom course of a wall. String course (Belt course or Band course): A decorative horizontal row of masonry, narrower than the other courses, that extends across the façade of a structure or wraps around decorative elements like columns.

  4. Brick - Wikipedia

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    The 2:1 ratio of modular bricks means that when they turn corners, a 1/2 running bond is formed without needing to cut the brick down or fill the gap with a cut brick; and the height of modular bricks means that a soldier course matches the height of three modular running courses, or one standard CMU course.

  5. Glossary of British bricklaying - Wikipedia

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    Commonly used to bond one brick walls at right-angled quoins. Kings closer: A brick that has been cut diagonally over its length to show a half-bat at one end and nothing at the other. Coralent: A brick or block pattern that exhibits a unique interlocking pattern. Corbel: A brick, block, or stone that oversails the main wall.

  6. Masonry - Wikipedia

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    A mason laying a brick on top of the mortar Bridge over the Isábena river in the Monastery of Santa María de Obarra, masonry construction with stones. Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.

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    However, if the US were to default and for the first time in history fail to pay back those debts the value of government bonds would depreciate and the global market would enter a tailspin.

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    Hartnett has noted his bullish view on bonds before, saying back in May that he saw outsize growths for fixed income in the second half of the year. At the time, he said the 30-year Treasury was ...