10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADOBELIKE»
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adobelike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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From Aztec to High Tech: Architecture and Landscape Across ...
4.13 Mission Revival, expressed in the work of Irving Gill, incorporated adobelike
walls, archways, and patios into an efficient, industrially produced modern
building: Women's Club, La Jolla, California. lief in the relationship between
design ...
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Bulletin - United States. Bureau of Soils
The soil is of compact, adobelike structure, is very sticky when wet, puddles
readily, and bakes and checks upon exposure. it is friable under proper
cultivation. The type occurs as a second-bottom soil along lower valley plains
and adjacent to ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, 1913
When poorly drained a refractory adobelike structure prevails, and small puddled
and barren spots occur. The subsoil consists of a dark-brown, sticky, silty loam or
clay loam of adobelike structure, underlain at 3 feet by stream gravel or by a ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, 1913
Billings silt loam. — The soil is a light-gray to dark-brown silt loam, generally 3
feet or more in depth, underlain by lighter or heavier subsoils, varying from sands
to clays, which in turn are underlain by gravel. The soil Is of compact, adobelike ...
... so you could pour it into a double-walled blow-up mold and make an adobelike
shelter.— F. M. Scott. Leonia, NJ. FUEL VENT BOUNDARY-LAYER CONTROL;
LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES PARABRAKE WING-MOUNTED. only.
Adobelike setting with fireplace and active sort-of-singles bar. Ideal spot for a
drink or a feast. 206 E. 60th St. (838-0440). (M) AE,MC,TM,V Cafe Crocodile — A
French Mediterranean bistro with dishes ranging from Provencal to Moroccan.
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Simon Peter's True Testament
I saw this dusty desert scene of a small village with adobelike buildings. Children
were running and playing in the sandy road, dogs were chasing each other and
barking, and dust was swirling up around them. Traders of goods were hurrying ...
The District del Sol is an energetic business strip with adobelike buildings and
benches, a bus shelter topped with an image of the sun, and a couple of "
Peanuts" characters wearing sombreros. The summer brings vendors of locally
grown ...
9
With Few Reservations: Travels at Home and Abroad
... it is everything an exhausted Snowbird like me could wish for. The setting is
magnificent. The grounds are beautiful (and beautifully kept) and the living (in
adobelike rooms and suites, each with a patio or sundeck and. 23 HOT ROCKS
AND ...
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Soil Survey of the Stockton Area, California
It has a blocky, adobelike structure when dry, and is sticky or plastic and slowly
permeable when wet. The dark grayish-brown or very dark-gray, heavy-textured,
calcareous subsoil contains more colloidal clay than the surface soil and less ...
John L. Retzer, California Agricultural Experiment Station, 1951
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADOBELIKE»
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adobelike is used in the context of the following news items.
Bistro set to open after board OKs patio plans
The labeling change means at least 80 percent of the structure is required to have an adobelike surface. The division also objected to plans to ... «Santa Fe New Mexican.com, Dec 13»
nuns 'preserve God's creation'
With its adobelike walls painted in muted greens and browns, large windows, a ceiling open to the second-floor balcony, Little Portion Green is ... «Toledo Blade, Jun 12»
A call to the city to become a village
... The ReBuilding Center on Northeast Mississippi Avenue: a sweeping outdoor sitting area built from timbers and "cob," an adobelike material ... «OregonLive.com, Dec 09»
Lily Burk: Snatched a Block Away From an LA Crack Bazaar
Leeward Avenue is three blocks' solid of apartment buildings, some built in the early 20th century and adorned with adobelike facades and ... «LA Weekly, Aug 09»
Lakewood couple teaches how to build with mud
Looking fit for a hobbit, the structure is adobelike and has pieces of cord wood set into its walls. In its form and function, Deitz and Burke see ... «HeraldNet, Jul 08»
What's a 'cob' house?
The walls and floor are made from an adobelike mixture called "cob" made of straw, sand and clay pulled from the surrounding land. Cob is an ... «HeraldNet, Jan 08»
National Perspectives Buyers in New Mexico Find Views, and Value
They chose an architectural style known as Santa Fe, with a flat roof and adobelike characteristics, including Saltillo tiles, a Mexican style of ... «New York Times, Apr 07»
Iran making room for its spiritual minorities / But one religion still …
It is a simple, adobelike structure -- the ceiling a single whitewashed dome, the floor covered with Persian carpets with Hebrew lettering. «San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 03»
