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6—The low arched porch and piazza of Dr. Clarence Ordway’s house at Winchester, Mass., have the true lines of the reinforced concrete arch 
brings them into stand strains, of the 
one homogeneous rods. A reinforced 
concrete column, un- 
attached at the top, 
will vibrate like a 
tuning fork when 
struck smartly 
wit hethe hvasnid: 
Steel and concrete 
beams will sustain 
enormous weights, 
whole, which now, 
however, has 
all the compressive 
strength of con- 
crete alone, with 
the tensile strength, 
or power to with- 
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DINING ROOM BATH ROOM: 
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BED ROOM 
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7—The plans are economically arranged and the suite of offices is complete 
