Radford's brick houses and how to build them... (1912)
William A. Radord · William A. Radford · leaf 17
rd, as in chimneys, flues, fireplaces,etc. Brick of all three classes mentionedabove, are made by three differentmanufacturing processes—namely, thesoft-mud, the stiff-mud, and the dry-press. Soft-mud brick are manufacturedeither by hand or by machine. Theclay is dug from the clay bank, andthrown… … Fig. 5. A Powerfully Geared Stiff-Mud BrickMachine. the brick in burning. Water is turnedonto the clay, which is left to soak for24 hours. In hand yards, the mixing isdone in a circular pit by means of atempering wheel operated by sweep andhorse. The clay is thrown into moldsso as to fill them…
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