Part 6 (2/2)

[Illustration: PISe

_Is_ +Pise Plant and Implements+ (Reproduced from an old Encyclopaedia)]

_Definition_--He introduces his subject thus:

”Pise-building, in Rural Econo with loa been practised with great success, and in a very cheap manner, in some departments of France, and which is now had recourse to with sie in some parts of this country It has been described, delineated, and recommended by Mr

H Holland in the first voluriculture_, and is to be reat length and with immense detail, the plant, the preliminaries, and the process are each severally described

The pith of theextracts:

_Shuttering_--”For the construction of the ht wood, in order that theleast liable to warp To prevent which the boards should be straight, sound, well seasoned, and with as few knots as possible Let theued, and planed on both sides Of these planks, fastened together with four strong ledges on each side, the ht; and two handles should be fixed to each side

”All the boards and ledges heremore than 1 in thick”

_Rammer_--”The instrument hich the earth is rareatest consequence, on which the firmness and durability, in short the perfection, of the work depends It is called a pisoir, or rah it may appear very easy to make it, more difficulty will be found in the execution than is at first apprehended

A better idea of its constructionthe Plate, in which it is delineated, than any words can convey It should be made of hard wood, either ash, oak, beech, walnut, etc, or what is preferable, the roots of either of the_--”Pise contains all the best principles of ether with some rules peculiar to itself, which are now to be explained

”To begin with the foundation; this may be made of any kind of ht of 2 ft above the ground; which is necessary to secure the walls fro of the rain, which will drop from the eaves of the roof[4] When these foundation walls are made level, and 18 in

thick, mark upon them the distance at which the joists are to be set, for receiving the moulds; those distances should be 3 ft each fro, will divide into three lengths of 3 ft each, and leave 6 in at each end, which serve to lengthen the les of the house and are useful forset the joists in their places, the her, that is, to a level with the joists; there will, therefore, altogether be a base of 2 ft, which in most cases will be found more than sufficient to prevent the rain, frost, snow, or da the walls Raise theit over one of the angles of the wall

[Footnote 4: The introduction of a dareatly reduce the function of the ]

”A workman should be placed in each of the three divisions of the le He is to direct the work of the other two, and by occasionally applying a plumb-rule, to take care that the ht position The labourers who dig and prepare the earth ive it in small quantities to the work spread it with their feet, begin to compress it with the rammer They must only receive at a time so much as will cover the bottom of the mould to the thickness of 3 or 4 in The first strokes of the raiven close to the sides of the mould, but they must be afterwards applied to every other part of the surface; the men should then cross their strokes, so that the earth may be compressed in every direction Those who stand next to one another in the ulate their strokes so as to beat at the saot at without difficulty, and must be struck obliquely; with this precaution, the whole will be equally cole of the wall should beat carefully against the head of the mould

”Care must be taken that no fresh earth is received into the mould till the first layer is well beaten, whichit with a rammer; the stroke should leave hardly any print on the place

They must proceed in this manner to ram in layer after layer, till the whole mould is full When this is done, the machine may be taken to pieces, and the earth which is contained will reht The1 in of that which has first been co thus completed, we proceed to the second; and here it must be observed that in each successive course weIt may easily be conceived, that with this precaution the joints of the several lengths will be inclined in opposite directions, which will contribute very much to the fir the first course with the second, though but just laid; for three courses er in one day

”This description of the first two courses is equally applicable to all the others, and will enable any person to build a house, with no other ht and extent he pleases

”With respect to the gables, theytheir inclination in the ly”

-- III THE THEORY AND SCIENCE OF PISe