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The Science of Brickmaking

Chapter 32: INDEX, &c.
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A practical manual examines the origin, classification, and physical and chemical properties of materials used for brick production. It surveys fluvial, lacustrine, and marine brick-earths, their mineral constituents and how those minerals change during drying and firing. Chapters treat the chemistry of clays, kiln behavior, and practical processes for drying and burning, then evaluate durability, microstructure, absorption, strength, abrasion, and specific gravity of finished bricks. The text combines observational description, laboratory interpretation, and guidance for brickmakers on selecting and treating clay to achieve desired properties.

INDEX, &c.

  • Abrasion tests, 146
  • Absorption of bricks, 132
  • Acids defined, 76
  • Actinolite, 69
  • Air, chemical composition of, 105
  • Albite felspar, chemical composition, 34
  • Almandite, 68
  • Aluminium, under blowpipe, 73
  • Anorthite felspar, chemical composition, 34
  • Aragonite, 49
  • Bases defined, 76
  • Basic bricks, 90
  • dolomite for, 55
  • magnesite for, 56
  • Biotite mica, 43
  • under blowpipe, 73
  • Black bricks, 101
  • Blowpipe, 58
  • Blue bricks, 101
  • Bluish-black brick-earths, 27
  • Boulder clay, 50
  • Bourges, Oxford clay of, 24
  • Bovey Heathfield clays, 20
  • Bracknell bricks, 135
  • Brick earths, artificial mixing, 42
  • artificial mixtures, 94, 95
  • bluish-black, 27
  • boulder clay, 50
  • brown, 27
  • chalk pebbles in, 50
  • changes in character on being dug into, 2, 5, 10
  • chemical composition of, 23, 52, 83, 84, 85
  • chemistry of, 58, 75
  • chert in, 41, 42
  • coprolites found in, 51
  • Cornwall, 35
  • Crayford, 1
  • Devon, 35
  • Erith, 1
  • estuarine, 21
  • fluviatile—Chapter I., 1–16
  • fossil shells in, 50
  • Ilford, 1
  • Kimeridge clay, 26
  • lacustrine—Chapter II., 17–21
  • Lincolnshire, 21
  • London clay, 33
  • marine, 22
  • mineral constitution, 28
  • minerals found in (see Kaolin, Felspar, Quartz, Flint, Mica, Iron, Calcite, Aragonite, Selenite, Dolomite, Salt, etc.).
  • Northamptonshire, 21
  • North-Eastern France, 20
  • Oxford clay, 33
  • Reading mottled clay, 19
  • of river terraces, 12
  • salt in, 25
  • sea-shore, 25
  • section of fluviatile brick-earths, 10
  • several kinds of fluviatile, discussed, 14, 15
  • Switzerland, 89
  • Thames Valley, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • value of chemical analyses of, 28, 29
  • Brickmaking: earths suitable for (see Brick-earths)
  • Bricks, abrasion tests, 146
  • absorption of, 132
  • basic, 90
  • Bracknell, 135
  • colour of, 100
  • Dinas, 81
  • discolouration of, 114
  • durability of, 103
  • effect of conflagrations on, 117
  • efflorescence on, 110
  • London stock, 97
  • micro-structure of, 29, 118, 128
  • rubber, 29
  • specific gravity, 146, 149
  • Staffordshire blue, 99
  • Stourbridge, 82
  • strength of, 136
  • vegetable growth on, 113
  • weathering of, 105, 113
  • British Museum, fossils in, from brick-earths, 3, 26
  • Bronzite, 69
  • Brown brick-earths, 27
  • Burning bricks, 94
  • changes produced by, 98
  • temperature, 89
  • Calc spar, 49
  • Calcite, 39, 49
  • behaviour in kiln, 39
  • micro-structure of, 131
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Californian magnesite, 56
  • Carbon dioxide in quartz, 41
  • Carbonate of lime (see Calcite, Aragonite)
  • Chalk in brick-earths, 1
  • mixed with brick-earths, 53
  • pebbles in brick-earths, 50
  • Chateauroux, Oxford clay of, 24
  • Chemical affinity, 76
  • analyses of brick-earths, 28
  • analysis, 77
  • composition of air, 106
  • composition of brick-earths, Dinas, 52
  • composition, china clays, 78
  • composition of fire-clays, 80
  • composition of Kieselguhr, 92
  • composition of magnesian limestones, 90
  • composition, pottery clays, 82
  • composition of slates, 87
  • disintegration of rocks, 20
  • re-agents, 60, 63, 71
  • Chemistry of brick-earths, 58, 75
  • Chert, 41
  • Cheshire, salt in clays in, 25
  • China-clays, behaviour in the kiln, 36
  • chemical composition, 78
  • Cornwall, 35, 36, 37
  • Devon, 35
  • China-clay (see Kaolin and Felspar)
  • thickness of, 38
  • China-stone, decomposed, 37
  • Colour in the kiln, 98, 99
  • Colouring matter of bricks, 45
  • of bricks, 53
  • Colour of bricks (see Blue, Black, etc.).
  • Coprolites: impure varieties of phosphate of lime
  • found in brick-earths, 51
  • Cornish granite, 35
  • Cornwall, china-clays, 35, 36, 37
  • Cracks formed in bricks, 52
  • Crayford, brick-earth at, 1
  • Dartmoor granite, 55
  • Denudation, agents of, described, 6, 7
  • of sea-cliffs, 22
  • Devon, china-clays, 35
  • Diatomaceous earth, 42, 91
  • Dinas bricks, 52, 81
  • Discolouration of bricks, 114, 135
  • Dolomite in brick-earths, 55
  • micro-structure of, 131
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Drying bricks, 94
  • Durability of bricks, 103
  • Efflorescence on bricks, 110
  • Electric furnace, 33
  • Elephants’ remains, found in brick-earth, 2, 3
  • Erith, brick-earth at, 1
  • Estuarine brick-earths, 21
  • Expansion of bricks and variations of temperature, 115
  • Felspar, 34
  • chemical composition of, 34
  • micro-structure of, 129
  • under blow-pipe, 73
  • Ferruginous matter (see Iron)
  • Fire-bricks, Dinas, 52
  • earths suitable for making, 21
  • effect of lime in, 53
  • Kieselguhr for, 42, 91
  • strength of, 136
  • Fire-clays, chemical composition of, 80, 81
  • Newcastle-on-Tyne, 80
  • tests, 148
  • Welsh localities, 81
  • Fishes, fossil, 25
  • Flint, 39, 41
  • behaviour of in the kiln, 42, 43
  • implement: an implement, or tool, made of flint—in the sense indicated in this work an implement made by pre-historic man.
  • implements, found in brick-earths, 3, 5
  • micro-structure of, 129
  • origin of, 41
  • Fluid inclusions in quartz, 41
  • Fluorine in clays, 59
  • Fluviatile brick-earths: brick-earths that have been deposited in rivers
  • Fossil shells, carbonate of lime in, 50
  • shells found in brick-earths, 4
  • sponges, in flint, 42
  • Fusion of brick-earths in the kiln, 29, 31
  • Gault clay, 51
  • Glaze, micro-structure of, 119, 120
  • Glazing, salt, 57
  • Granite, Cornish, 35
  • Dartmoor, 35
  • Granites, weathering of, 36
  • Greece, magnesite in, 56
  • Green bricks, 101
  • Grizzly bear’s remains found in brick-earth, 2
  • Gypsum in brick-earths, 54
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Heat, bricks affected by, 117
  • Hippopotamus remains found in brick-earth, 2
  • Ilford, brick-earth at, 1
  • Infusorial earth, Tuscany, 92
  • Iron, 44
  • a constituent of brick-earths, 44
  • behaviour in the kiln, 45
  • bricks, Saarbrücken, 92
  • micro-structure of, 130
  • mode of occurrence in brick-earths, 45
  • under blow-pipe, 73, 74
  • vapour in the kiln, 46
  • pyrites, 46, 131
  • pyrites, behaviour in the kiln, 48
  • pyrites, under blow-pipe, 74
  • pyrites, weathering of in bricks, 48
  • Jurassic estuarine clays, 21
  • Kangaroo rats, fossil, 25
  • Kaolin: a hydrous silicate of alumina, derived chiefly from the decomposition of felspars
  • Kaolin, 31
  • behaviour in the kiln, 32, 33
  • chemical composition of, 78
  • micro-structure, 32, 33
  • under blow-pipe, 73
  • “Kaolinised” matter, 33
  • Kilns, temperature in, 98
  • Kieselguhr: a diatomaceous earth
  • Kieselguhr, 91
  • chemical composition of, 92
  • of the Isle of Skye, 42
  • Kimeridge clay brick-earth, 26
  • Labradorite felspar, chemical composition, 34
  • Lacustrine brick-earth: that laid down or deposited in lakes
  • brick-earths—Chapter II., 17–21
  • brick-earths, formation of, 17, 18
  • Lime, builder’s, 52
  • in bricks, 52
  • in manufacture of fire-bricks, 53
  • Limestone, a flux, 54
  • Limonite, under blow-pipe, 73
  • Lincolnshire brick-earths, 21
  • Loam: sandy clay
  • London stock bricks, 97, 140
  • Magnesian limestones, chemical composition of, 90
  • limestone (see Dolomite)
  • Magnesite, 55
  • behaviour in the kiln, 56
  • Californian, 56
  • in Greece, 56
  • Styrian, 56
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Malachite, 67
  • Malm bricks, 53, 86
  • Manganese, under blow-pipe, 74
  • Marcasite, 46, 47
  • behaviour in the kiln, 48
  • weathering of, 47, 48
  • Marine brick-earths: those laid down or deposited on the sea-floor
  • Marine brick-earths, not so variable in character as river, lacustrine, or estuarine, 23
  • brick-earths—Chapter III., 22–27
  • brick-earths, origin of, 23
  • Marl: clay containing much lime.
  • Mica, 43
  • behaviour in the kiln, 44
  • micro-structure of, 130
  • under blow-pipe, 73
  • Microscopes, 121
  • Microscopes, use of, 59
  • useful in analysing earths, 30
  • Micro structure as a means of determining fusibility of minerals and brick-earths, 43
  • of bricks, 118, 128
  • Minerals, their behaviour in the kiln (see Kaolin, Felspar, Quartz, Flint, Mica, Iron, Calcite, Aragonite, Selenite, Dolomite, Salt, etc.).
  • behaviour under the blow-pipe (see Quartz, Felspar, Mica, Calcite, etc.).
  • Mississippi, sediments of the Delta of, 7
  • Mortar and Scum, 112
  • Muscovite mica, 43
  • mica, under blow-pipe, 73
  • Musk-sheep remains, found in brick-earth, 2, 3
  • Natrolite, 68
  • Newcastle-on-Tyne fire-clays, 80
  • Newton Abbot, clays near, 20
  • Northamptonshire brick-earths, 21
  • Oligoclase felspar, chemical composition, 34
  • felspar, under blow-pipe, 73
  • Origin of fluviatile brick-earths—Chapter I., 1–16
  • Orthoclase, 69
  • felspar, chemical composition, 34
  • felspar, under blow-pipe, 73
  • Overburden: the material for the most part useless, overlying the good brick-earth, sand, limestone, or other rock for which the pit or quarry was exploited, and which, in the majority of cases, has to be removed to obtain the material sought for.
  • Oxford clay, 24, 25, 33
  • Oxidising flame, 65
  • Paving bricks, tests, 148
  • Peterborough bricks, 24
  • clays, 51
  • Plants, fossil, 21, 26
  • Platinum wire, 60, 63, 66
  • Plesiosaurus, fossil reptile, 26
  • Porcelain earths, 30
  • Pottery clays, chemical composition, 82
  • Power of transport of sediment by rivers, 8
  • Pumice for brickmaking, 93
  • Pyrite, 46
  • behaviour in the kiln, 48
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Pyrometers, 99, 100
  • Quartz, behaviour in the kiln, 39, 42, 43
  • cavities in, 40, 41
  • characters of, 39
  • imperishable, 40
  • micro-structure of, 128
  • occurrence in brick-earths, 40
  • under blowpipe, 72
  • vein, 40
  • Race: concretions of carbonate of lime, commonly found in brick-earths in brick-earths, 50
  • Rainfall and the durability of bricks, 108
  • “Rattling” tests, 148
  • Reading mottled clay, 18
  • Red brick, 100
  • Red brick clay, 86
  • Red bricks, colouring matter of, 45
  • Reducing flame, 65
  • Refractory minerals (see Calcite, Dolomite, Magnesite, Quartz, etc.).
  • Reindeer remains, found in brick-earth, 2, 3
  • Reptiles, fossil, 25
  • Rhinoceros’ remains, found in brick-earth, 2, 3
  • River deposits, typical section, 10, 11
  • River terraces, brick-earths of, 12, 13
  • Rock crystal, 40
  • Rock salt, under blow-pipe, 74
  • Ruabon bricks and terra-cotta, 84
  • terra-cotta, 116
  • Rubbers, 29, 86
  • Saarbrücken “iron bricks,” 92
  • Salt, a powerful flux, 57
  • behaviour in the kiln, 57
  • glazing, 57
  • in brick-earths, 25, 27, 56
  • in quartz crystals, 41
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Schorl, 40
  • Scum, 110
  • Sea-shore, brick-earths from the, 25
  • Selenite, 54, 131
  • under blow-pipe, 74
  • Septaria: tabular or rounded concretions of argillaceous limestone, commonly found in clays
  • Septaria, 51
  • Shrinkage of brick-earth in the kiln, 85
  • Silica, behaviour in the kiln, 28
  • group of minerals, 39
  • Slates, chemical composition of, 87
  • débris for brickmaking, 87
  • refuse, 47
  • used in brickmaking, 47
  • Snails, found in brick-earth, 4
  • Specific gravity of bricks, 146, 149
  • Stacking in the kiln, 97
  • Staffordshire blue bricks, 99
  • Stibnite, 68, 70
  • Stocks, London, 140
  • Stoneware, earths for making, 21
  • Stourbridge bricks, 82
  • Strength of bricks, 136
  • Styrian magnesite, 56
  • Swiss brick-earths, 89
  • Temperature and weathering of bricks, 115
  • in kilns, 98
  • Terra-cotta earths, 19, 30
  • earth, chemical composition of, 84
  • expansion of in weathering, 115
  • Ruabon, 116
  • Tests for bricks (see strength, absorption, specific gravity, chemical composition, micro-structure, etc.).
  • Thames, mineral salts in solution in the, 7
  • Thames Valley brick-earths, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Tuscany, infusorial earth, 92
  • Variable character of brick-earths, 10
  • Variability in character of marine brick-earths, 23, 24
  • of estuarine brick-earths, 21
  • of lacustrine brick-earths, 17
  • Vegetable growth on bricks, 113
  • Vein quartz, 40
  • Volcanic ejectamenta for brickmaking, 93
  • Wales, fire-clays of, 81
  • Warping, 98
  • “Weathering” agents which affect bricks, 6
  • Weathering of brick-earths, 27
  • White bricks, 100
  • Yellow bricks, 101