Bricklaying SystemBricklaying System by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, first published in 1909, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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Page 160 - When seen to do this while laying on the filling tiers, they should receive a few reminders that they are not to do so, as it requires just so many more unnecessary motions and fatigues them for no purpose, making them require just so much more rest.
Page 320 - Field System," only a few excerpts from which have heretofore appeared in print. In making public his "Field System" the author is performing a service to the public that is comparable with the action of a physician in disclosing the secret of his success in curing a disease. The disease that Gilbreth's "Field System" aims to cure is the hit or miss method of doing contract work.
Page 140 - ... field, in all branches of all mechanical trades, for descriptions and illustrations in print of the best methods used by the best mechanics in working at their trade. We particularly request photographs showing such methods to the best advantage.
Page xi - ... methods. The purposes of this book are as follows: (a) To put in writing- that knowledge which has been handed clown by word of mouth from journeyman to apprentice for generations. (b) To record methods of handling labor, materials and plant on brick work that will reduce costs and at the same time enable the first-class workman to receive higher pay. (c) To enable an apprentice to work intelligently from his first day, and to become a proficient workman in the shortest possible time.
Page 321 - The little book before us is one of the best works of the kind that we have seen, and will help to make the reading of Milton both easier and pleasanter. It is confined to the first two books of ' Paradise Lost,' which the editor rightly considers the grandest portion of Milton's works.
Page 309 - Units laid so that each course has a header to every three to five stretchers. header bond Bond pattern showing only headers on the face, each header divided evenly on the header under it. herringbone bond The arrangement of units in a course in a zigzag fashion with the end of one unit laid at right angles against the side of a second unit. random bond Masonry constructed without a regular pattern. running bond...
Page 13 - ... working upon the wall of a church differing from his own religion are often vastly different from those that he is careful to make when the congregation to occupy it coincides with his belief. In planning athletic contests also, it is well to group men according to their affiliations. Example. . — On engine beds and similar work, where the pieces are isolated, assigning gangs of men of different nationalities to the different beds will create extra interest in the contests. If this is not feasible,...
Page 4 - He emphasized that correct methods of work should be taught from the first day even though the completed job was badly done. He maintained that it was bad practice to teach an apprentice to do perfect work because in his efforts to get the final job correct, he would get into bad habits of laying brick with too many unnecessary motions.
Page 13 - While one who is not experienced at making his men really enthusiastic in their work cannot appreciate how athletic contests will interest the men, it is the real secret of the success of our best superintendents. It not only reduces costs, but it makes for organization and thus saves foremen's time.
Page 4 - Teach him to lay a brick with the least possible number of motions, and, intsead of correcting all of the little faults on one brick, to try to lay the next brick without the same faults as attended the laying of the preceding brick. This last method will teach speed, and skill will surely soon follow, with sufficient practice. 20 Of course it is not intended by these directions that an apprentice be permitted to do any work that would affect the stability of the work. It is simply a matter of looks,...