The clays and clay industries of Connecticut (1905)
Loughlin, G. F. (Gerald Francis), 1880-1946 · [Hartford] Hartford press, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard company · leaf 114
ather the hacks are protected bysheets of canvas hung along their sides. The chief disad-vantage of the open-yard method is the danger of exposureto rain. An unexpected shower or a rain coming up in thenight sometimes ruins a whole yard of brick. Excessive heatmay, in some cases, cause cracking… … No. 4.] CLAYS OF CONNECTICUT. 83 Little or no sunlight reaches the brick, except on the end row,and the drying is accomplished by the circulating air. Thiscirculation of air causes more rapid drying than takes placein the open yard, and the brick on the racks cannot draw upany moisture from the…
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