Martin Hammond

Broschiertes Buch

Bricks and Brickmaking

Beschreibung

Bricks were introduced to Britain by the Romans and reintroduced by Flemish craftsmen in the middle ages. This book gives an insight into the surprising variety of bricks, as well as a brief history of brickmaking, descriptions of hand and machine moulding, drying, the use of kilns and firing.

Autor

Martin Hammond was an architectural technician in Poole, Dorset. He was a member of the British Brick Society, which studied the history of bricks and brickmaking. He collected old bricks and made wood-fire bricks and tiles. He advised on restoration work at Baumber Brickyard, Lincolnshire, and Powerstock Common, Dorset. He wrote an article on the development of brick kilns for 'Industrial Archaeology Review'.

Produktdetails

• Shire Library
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9780747800675
• ISBN-10: 0747800677
• Artikelnr.: 21883872