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... Operation in the London tileries ; Kilns for burning pantiles Placing the pantiles in the kiln ; Coloring tiles in the United States Fastening the tiles upon the roof ' ; Size of and form of shingle tiles Sizes and form of pantiles ...
... Operation in the London tileries ; Kilns for burning pantiles Placing the pantiles in the kiln ; Coloring tiles in the United States Fastening the tiles upon the roof ' ; Size of and form of shingle tiles Sizes and form of pantiles ...
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... operations at Manhattan , or New Amsterdam as it was called at a later period . They had made several attempts to produce bricks at earlier times , but had failed , and it is not probable that the very few which they did succeed in ...
... operations at Manhattan , or New Amsterdam as it was called at a later period . They had made several attempts to produce bricks at earlier times , but had failed , and it is not probable that the very few which they did succeed in ...
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... have seen all in actual operation , and for this reason have selected such for illustrating the different portions of this work . There are other contrivances and machines made 42 BRICKS , TILES , AND TERRA - COTTA .
... have seen all in actual operation , and for this reason have selected such for illustrating the different portions of this work . There are other contrivances and machines made 42 BRICKS , TILES , AND TERRA - COTTA .
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... operations ; but this process is resorted to for the best quality of bricks only , as the ex- is too great for the commoner kinds . pense The strong clay is not usually stony , and is generally worked without passing through the wash ...
... operations ; but this process is resorted to for the best quality of bricks only , as the ex- is too great for the commoner kinds . pense The strong clay is not usually stony , and is generally worked without passing through the wash ...
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... operation and help of their neighbors to suppress the sys- tem , that the courts do not seem to have had the cases at any time properly presented to them , and the defendant generally escapes by the payment of a most insignificant The ...
... operation and help of their neighbors to suppress the sys- tem , that the courts do not seem to have had the cases at any time properly presented to them , and the defendant generally escapes by the payment of a most insignificant The ...
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Alfred Hall alumina arch arranged blade boards boracic acid borax bottom brick or tile brick-board brick-machine brick-making building bricks burned bricks called cars centre china-clay coal cobalt color common bricks construction cylinder dampers desired diameter dried dry-clay machines drying edge elevation employed enamelled face feet feldspar fire fire-bricks fire-clay fire-door floor flues frame fuel furnaces gangs glaze grates green bricks hand-made bricks heat inches invention kaolin kiln labor lime magnesia manganese manner manufacture material mill mixed mould moulder moulding sand off-bearer one-half openings operation oxide of iron pass Perth Amboy pinion pipe placed plastic plunger portion pounds pressed bricks produced pug-mill pulley pulverized quantity quartz rack revolving ring-pits rollers roof saltpetre sand shaft shape shed shown in Fig side silica steam stone suitable surface tempered clay terra-cotta thickness thousand bricks tion upper usually vertical vitrifiable walls ware weight wheel wheelbarrow zinc
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