Structural Masonry

Designers Manual
W. G. Curtin, G. Shaw, J. K. Beck
and W. A. Bray
Third Edition revised by
David Easterbrook

Blackwell
Science

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First published in Great Britain by
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ISBN-10: 0-632-05612-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-632-05612-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Structural masonry designers manual / W.G. Curtin . . . [et al.]. 3rd ed. / rev. by David Easterbrook.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-632-05612-5 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-632-05612-6 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. MasonryHandbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Structural
designHandbooks, manuals, etc. I. Curtin, W. G. (William George) II. Easterbrook, David.
TA670.S725 2006
693.1dc22
2005024960
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