New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-06
Modern CycIOpenn Wall.

4 recent number of the ~ yem6iae Zeitiag
contains az interesting account OF visit which the
writer had made Ia inspect tho progress O building
wall IN the manner called Cyclopean, at Duienbrook
rcnr kel in schloswjg Hol-tcln He considers the ef
feet OF the work and the style OF execution FAR sup@or
TO .ny of the numerous remnins called by The same
rgue hi,h he had sern in Italy, ana goes 20 af 70
1--WE il the preference any other kind OF wall 80 far
" tie plain vertical Tt1cc of the material apart r0m
ornamental sOlies, II concerned lie tlhks mat
tie pClygona stones eyerting their pressure m Gil d.
rccione must insure stronger work than squared t1nes
losover closey jon;ed which only act ia the direction
al gravity. Indeed, the nnumerable many and
nuungur of ri sizes seem together into
enc compact mi &C. Of which neither time ago will
Sc; the better Neither mortar any other me~ns Of
of binding the stones together Il elnployei but INC
"A satest ID taken IN nng tue granite blocks enc
into the oher, the vacant spaces ~ Tue van a. "a car
riCd up being accurately taken oil with lead taps
(beaoRee) forced with hemncr into all the angles Of
the openings applied the HAT hcwn face Ct the
Heck beat suited and nextO be brought to 10 proper
shape ly the workman. From the worSnen he learned
that the directions gwen them by the architect l
were, "Fiyesdcd md six sided blocks, seldom \
tCu sided straight lines. obt.ae ANGLES JOINT upon
angle and angle upon joint all according 20 the lead
tape, and only inclined ;unci .ons" In act all /
TIE functions between the blocks were found TO be
every eradaiion between the perpcndicular and the
no izonts without coinciding with either OF thsm In
ths oquity Of the joints the author detected the arch
principle OF construction as applied 10 the work, and
the woIkmen pointed cut 20 him that each stone either
prcesed supported, with every Of lite spl how
ever numerous He unable 90 learn the nam, oitns
architect. Herr hGhnke was the name OF tn builder
who had said that the cost OF the work lees thsnh
of q squared stone wall; That il much stronger /
ua be should have used in several larycr buin The
had been acquainted with IL sooner; moreover that thu
kind Of building to be preferred, because EVER
stone urge or small, can be used mp In it. Generally
the writer holds this poly gonal or Cyclopean kind d
building TO be especially applicable ill., hrst, Hydraulic
work., as il ofes nowhere continuous joint % me
water second, In fortihcations; third, Tor railways n
and o,1t.
and even in the next story Of large buidinge and pei
lces. In these mortar would be used, not ne inen
Of connecting the stone, but only as pointing ne
joint that the immediate contact Of tie stone should
not be interrupted. la conclusion the writer reom'
mends the adoption of thu method OF building recording
70 determined and clearly defined principles antras
altogether practical wherever the material os poJ
sonnl blocks Is tound,-s method which l. I'll leaspu
new one, and not simply more careful executoaa
Ike long-used rock wails ornamental iniltatoaa
an Old style, as in the Wslnalla Of which pracr.A9
method, IN short, this Cycopcan wall, near kel @
first example that has been executed in Germany.
The Blida