Excerpt from A Study of Sand-Lime Brick In the preparation of this bulletin the authors wish to acknowledge gratefully the services rendered them by the Anderson Foundry and Machine Company in the use of their experimental plant for the manu facture of sand - lime bricks; to Mr. R. T. Stull, of the Department of Ceramics of the University of Illinois, for the use of kiln and accessories in fire tests; to Prof. A. N. Talbot, Mr. D. A. Abrams, and Mr. A. R. Lord, of the Laboratory of Applied Mechanics of the University of Illinois, for assistance given in testing, and for the use of the facili ties of the laboratory; to Prof. W. S. Bayley, for valuable suggestions in the use of the polarizing microscope; to the United States Brick Corporation and the Excelsior Brick Company, of Michigan City, Indiana, for samples of bricks used in some of the-tests, and to Mr. E'. B. Stephenson, of the Chemical Laboratory of the University of Illinois, for assistance in making photomicrographs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Manufacture and Properties of Sand-Lime Brick At the present time all the sand-lime brick plants in this country follow the Michaelis process, which is free to anyone who cares to use it. Only a few patents on details of machinery are now in force. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Sand-Lime and Other Concrete Bricks Without denying the special merits of other blocks in special circumstances, it may be safely asserted that for all ordinary uses there is no better building-block than the ordinary brick. It has been evolved by thousands of years' experience. In all parts of the civilised world as the ideal block for hand use. Its size varies within narrow limits; for instance, in Scotland and India it is slightly larger than in England; in the United States and Belgium it is slightly smaller. But this small variation is, in itself, a clear testimony to the suitability of the standard; to depart from it entirely is merely to make a block that is quite unsuitable for ordinary use. In material there is scope for greater variation; within the universal standard material, burnt clay, there is so wide a range of quality that it would be difficult to go outside it with any other material. It is at all times legitimate, therefore, and in present circum stances profitable, to consider the preparation and use of bricks made of materials other than burnt clay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.