Sentences with phrase «of masonry»

The 54 - foot tall Temple of Masonry Altars, also referred to as the Sun God's Tomb, was occupied by the country's indigenous population for centuries.

Situated just 30 miles north of Belize City, this historical site is home to the multi-room Temple of the Masonry Altars and the stunning Jade Head sculpture.

The Quapaw bathhouse was built in 1922 in a Spanish Colonial Revival style building of masonry and reinforced concrete finished with stucco.

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This striking new - build passive house combines a traditional farmhouse form with ultra-low energy performance and a spectacular location — using two different forms of masonry construction

Belize City is a good jumping off point for a tour of the nearby Belize Brewing Company that makes Belikin, and to visit Altun Ha, the Maya site housing the Temple of the Masonry of Altars, the temple depicted on the Belikin bottle.

Suspended above, videos screen rotating pieces of the masonry from the old, pre-renovation Jones Center.

You'll learn about the ancient ceremonies that were held at Altun Ha, what a typical resident's diet would have been 2,000 years ago and why mystery still shrouds the Temple of The Masonry Alters.

To predict how long this will take, and to choose the best drying methods for different wall structures, researchers at Fraunhofer IBP have conducted laboratory tests on numerous different types of masonry units.

Long - term solutions to the energy cost burden and comfort problems of existing masonry construction buildings will require measures to improve the performance of the masonry wall assemblies.

As part of this work, we have been continuously developing and refining tools for assessing freeze - thaw risk for thermal retrofits of masonry walls.

Select and mix cement and mortar in adequate proportion depending on the application of masonry work

Rising above the flat plains, the triangular building, topped with a stairway to heaven, is constructed of masonry and flint cladding.

To improve the draft of the stove I insulated the exterior of the masonry chimney.

Now the salt must be dissolved in water and transported to the surface of the masonry, stone, or concrete.

This is accomplished by having lots of surface area of masonry thermal mass directly exposed to sunlight, which is much more effective for storing heat than mass not in direct sun.

Some of the Non-Christian Founding Fathers: George Washington (Founder of Masonry in the US, Masonic rules are that one must believe in a higher power but that's about it for Masonic religion), Jefferson (atheist) Ben Franklin (Rosicrucian), Unitarian (and similar groups).

The ruins of the earthquake at Lisbon, for example: the whole of past history had to be planned exactly as it was to bring about in the fullness of time just that particular arrangement of debris of masonry, furniture, and once living bodies.

While we can all agree that the creation and career of a cult is a in many ways sad story — there is nothing ultimately funny about real people getting caught up in the coils of Masonry, UFO - abduction - insanity, or the Nation of Islam — Masters of Atlantis is not simply a case of a comic writer lightening everything and using absurd bits of Americana for the sake of laughs.

If the task of Masonry is to lead souls to perdition, bringing them to the worship of false divinities, the task of ecclesiastical Masonry on the other hand is that of destroying Christ and his Church, building a new idol, namely a false christ and a false church.»

The same factors exist in the medieval use of masonry, and doubtless supply a part of our delight in the cathedrals.

A message left with a woman who answered the phone at Masonry Services Inc. in an effort to reach David Herrera or his relatives who are listed as registered agents of Masonry Services Inc. was not returned.

Water and Power «The Roosevelt Dam in southern Arizona, recently completed, contains over 350,000 cubic yards of masonry, and forms the largest artificial reservoir now in existence; the construction of this reservoir required the expenditure of nearly $ 300,000 in wagon roads alone, to make the region accessible and to replace public roads submerged by the artificial lake.»

Now Melanie Jones and Rachel Wakefield of the Masonry Conservation Group at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen have shown that strains of the alga Trentepohlia are to blame.

The structural analysis of masonry is the subject of Jacques Heyman's The Stone Skeleton (Cambridge University Press # 35 ISBN 0521 47270 9).

Around 59 percent of them died as a result of the collapse of masonry buildings, and 28 % of them due to secondary effects such as tsunami or landslides.

This method of masonry is more earthquake - resistant than using mortar, the method currently employed by those «restoring» Machu Picchu.

In 1965 this site captured world attention when Professor David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum discovered the almost ten - pound jade head of the Sun God Kinich Ahau in the tomb of a Royal Priest, located within the main temple of the masonry altars.

It's constructed entirely of masonry and leads onto the medieval streets of the old town.

One tomb was discovered in Structure B - 4, «The Temple of the Masonry Altar», and contained the famous Maya jade head representing K'inich Ahau, the sun deity.

Chachabamba, an intimate cluster of masonry buildings facing a ceremonial plaza, is an exquisite introduction to the Inca integration of landscape, architecture and religion.

He can even use his arm in combat, either to deliver thunderous blows or to hurl crates and chunks of masonry at his generic foes.

We tend to use formed concrete instead of masonry, as they do in Europe and Latin America, so the emissions are probably about 50 % higher.

I designed and built my own version of a masonry heater (also called Russian masonry stoves, Finnish masonry stoves, kachelofen in Germany), which was developed in cold northern climates.

If you online search «masonry stove,» you find many expensive kits and plans explaining the basic theory of masonry stoves.

Unfortunately, there is no well - established, non-destructive measurement technique which accurately quantifies the moisture content through the depth of a masonry wall, and in the full range of moisture contents that are linked with freeze - thaw damage.

Widespread adoption of one possible solution, exterior insulation of masonry walls, will require demonstration projects that prove the feasibility of the techniques and evaluate challenges.

One of the innovations that CEDA opted to pursue with this funding is exterior insulation and cladding of masonry walls.

A hearthmount stove is an option to an insert for upgrading the performance of a masonry fireplace.

In most old buildings, heat from the interior drives moisture out of the masonry or stone and helps it resist the freeze - thaw cycles that we have in this climate.»

Connecting Curitiba with Paranagua in the state of Paraná, the railway the train travels on is 610 kilometers long (380 miles) and goes through 13 tunnels and 30 bridges, one of them - the Ponte Sao Joao - 55 meters high, and another - the Viaduto do Carvalho - which sits on five pillars of masonry on rock slope.

Using a modular unit of the masonry brick the team developed a systematic aggregation creating a wall consisting out of 4100 bricks.

Building Science Corporation has worked with project teams on a wide variety of masonry retrofits, from houses to large buildings, including historical buildings that are North American landmarks.

Effectively dispatched transport vehicles for delivery of masonry products to customer job sites / yards