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The architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, in ten books / transl. from the Latin by Joseph Gwilt
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this sort being, therefore, of such a light and thin qua-lity, and impervious to water, be a lump thereof ofwhatever size, it swims naturally like pumice-stone.Bricks of this sort are of.great use for building purposes;for they are neither heavy nor liable to be injured by therain.