en Le House-- ty Anthony F._Merrill _ The Rammed-Earth Method of Building offers speed in construction, economy in material costs, and proved durability. Hon. Clinton P. Anderson Secretary of Asriculture7 THE AMMED-EARTH HOUSE ANTHONY F. MERRILL WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ‘THE HON, CLINTON P. ANDERSON SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Htusteaten HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDONcorrmcnr, 1947, oY RARER & sROTIER. SCE Ix HIE choy nity qlovanons sanopinD oy exc Aac3 TABLE OF CONTENTS RODUCTION x THOR’S PREFACE xiii |APTER ONE 5 ‘The History of Rammed-Earth from Hannibal to Hibben APTER TWO 34 © ‘The Pros and Cons—What Can Be Done with Earth and Where the Drawbacks Lie |APTER THREE 5h ‘The Low-Cost House—A Few Definitions, Some Basic Economics of Earth Building, and an Explanation of Why Rammed Earth Hardens HAPTER FOUR 86 Designing for Rammed-Earth—The Problem of Combining Attractive Building with Eficient Living APTER FIVE 105 Soil Selection and Preparation—First Choice and Final Appr with Seapetons for Preparing an Earth Stock- PTER SIX 329 Building the RammedEarth House—A Cellar to. Roof Description of Rammed-Earth Home Building with De- failed Emphasis on the Construction and Use of Ramming Tools and the Method of Ramming an Earth Wall APTER SEVEN 185 SoilCement—Rammed in place, Rammed in Blocks or Puddled