The Science of Brickmaking

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

THE SCIENCE OF BRICKMAKING.

CHAPTER I. FLUVIATILE BRICK-EARTHS.

CHAPTER II. LACUSTRINE AND FLUVIATILE BRICK-EARTHS.

CHAPTER III. MARINE BRICK-EARTHS.

CHAPTER IV. THE MINERAL CONSTITUTION OF BRICK-EARTHS.

CHAPTER V. MINERALS: THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN THE KILN.

CHAPTER VI. MINERALS: THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN THE KILN ( continued ).

CHAPTER VII. THE CHEMISTRY OF BRICK-EARTHS.

CHAPTER VIII. THE CHEMISTRY OF BRICK-EARTHS ( Continued ).

CHAPTER IX. DRYING AND BURNING.

CHAPTER X. THE DURABILITY OF BRICKS.

CHAPTER XI. THE MICRO-STRUCTURE OF BRICKS.

CHAPTER XII. THE MICRO-STRUCTURE OF BRICKS ( Continued ).

CHAPTER XIII. ABSORPTION.

CHAPTER XIV. STRENGTH OF BRICKS.

CHAPTER XV. ABRASION, SPECIFIC GRAVITY.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX, and c.

Transcriber's Notes

Transcriber’s Note:
Cover created by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.

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For Small Producers.

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Advertisements.

THE CARDIFF KILNS (LEE’S PATENT)

HIGH-CLASS
BUILDING BRICK, BLUE & VITRIFIED BRICK,
FRONT AND ORNAMENTAL BRICK,
FIRE BRICK, SANITARY WARE,
SALT GLAZING, &c., &c.

CAN be burned BETTER and
CHEAPER in these IMPROVED RE-
GENERATIVE DOWN-DRAUGHT
Kilns than in any other.

They are CHEAP to erect,
DURABLE, SIMPLE in construction,
and COMPLETELY
under control.

EASY TO BURN.
REQUIRE ONLY SMALL
COAL, AND ALLOW
NO WASTE HEAT.
GIVE PERFECT
RESULTS,

AND ARE
THE KILNS
OF THE
   DAY.

It has long been admitted that the “Down-draught” is the only reliable Kiln for burning the highest class goods, and the best for ordinary purposes, the only drawback to its general adoption for lower grade wares and Building Bricks being the heavy consumption of fuel. THIS, the ONLY disadvantage, is ENTIRELY overcome by the patent CARDIFF KILN, and the improvements recently devised in their construction, whereby all the advantages of the HOFFMANN system are combined with those of DOWN-DRAUGHT system, while avoiding the defects of the Hoffmann, thus rendering these kilns the BEST, CHEAPEST, and MOST ECONOMICAL of all modern kilns, producing the BEST GOODS at the LOWEST COST. The system may be applied to existing Down-draught Kilns at very moderate cost.


FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO
The Patentee, E. P. LEE,
29, The Parade, CARDIFF.


THE SCIENCE OF BRICKMAKING


THE SCIENCE
OF
BRICKMAKING:

WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF
THE STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL
PROPERTIES OF BRICKS.

BY
GEORGE F. HARRIS, F.G.S.,

Membre de la SociÉtÉ Belge de GÉologie, PalÉontologie et
Hydrologie; Lecturer on Geology, The Practical Applications of
Geology, and Mineralogy, in the Birkbeck Institution, London;
etc., etc., etc.


LONDON:
H. GREVILLE MONTGOMERY,
43, ESSEX STREET, STRAND.
1897.

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]


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Stanstead Road Forest Hill S.E.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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