The Science of Brickmaking
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THE SCIENCE OF BRICKMAKING
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.
KAOLIN.
FELSPAR.
CHAPTER V. MINERALS: THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN THE KILN.
THE SILICA GROUP.
MICA.
IRON.
CHAPTER VI. MINERALS: THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN THE KILN (continued).
CALCITE, ARAGONITE, &c.
SELENITE.
DOLOMITE.
MAGNESITE.
SALT.
CHAPTER VII. THE CHEMISTRY OF BRICK-EARTHS.
Introduction: THE BLOWPIPE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE CHEMISTRY OF BRICK-EARTHS (Continued).
CHAPTER IX. DRYING AND BURNING.
CHAPTER X. THE DURABILITY OF BRICKS.
THE EFFECT OF THE ATMOSPHERE ON 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, &c.
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