Radford's brick houses and how to build them... (1912)
William A. Radord · William A. Radford · leaf 18
en thecut is made at the sides of the brick,and they are known as side-cut. Thebrick are removed from the cuttingtable by an off-bearing belt, from whichmen load them on trucks or cars forthe driers. The mining of the clay forstiff-mud brick is done by digging, byscraper, or by steam shovel,… … have not revealed such advantage, andthe gain by re-pressing is in appearanceonly. Soft-mud brick are re-pressedafter they have dried out considerablyand can be handled in safety. Few soft-mud brick are re-pressed (most of thembeing firebrick), in comparison withstiff-mud re-pressed brick. The…
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