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  Brick - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Brick made from dampened clay must be formed in molds with a great deal of pressure, usually applied by a hydraulic press.
Bricks were made using locally-available materials in regions that lacked stone and other materials suitable for building close at hand, including for example much of south-eastern England, large parts of the American south-west and The Netherlands---all places lacking stone but possessing the essential requisites for brick making: suitable clays and fuel for firing.
Regardless of size, bricks are usually manufactured with the depth equal to half the length (assuming that the brick is laid horizontally), in a 1:2:4 ratio.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> brick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks which are hardened, either by burning in a kiln or sometimes, in warm and sunny countries, by sun-drying.
A highly impervious and ornamental surface may be laid on brick either by salt glazing, in which salt is added during the burning process, or by the use of a "slip," which is a glaze material into which the bricks are dipped.
Bricks are usually laid flat and as a result the effective limit on the width of a brick is set by the distance which can conveniently be spanned between the thumb and fingers of one hand, normally about four inches (about 100 mm).
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 Bricks Resources & Information - faux bricks
These used bricks bricks are known as hydraulic-pressed bricks, and interlocking bricks have a dense bricks surface which makes them highly resistant boral bricks to weathering, and thus mold on bricks suitable for facing work.
In modern how many bricks are in the empire state building brickworks, this is usually done in a continuously fired kiln, in which the bricks move slowly through the kiln on conveyors, rails, or kiln cars to achieve consistent bricks of egypt game physical characteristics for all bricks.
A retaining wall cleaning bricks bricks highly impervious and ornamental surface may be laid on brick either by masonry bricks salt glazing, in which salt is added during the burning process, or by the use of a "slip," which is a glaze material into which the bricks are dipped.
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 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Brick
A highly impervious and ornamental surface may be laid on brick either by salt glazing, in which salt is added during the burning process, or by the use of a "slip,"?title=which is a glaze material into which the bricks are dipped.
In the UK the usual ("work") size of a modern brick is 215 x 102.5 x 65 mm (about 8.5 x 4 x 2.5 inches) which, with a nominal 10 mm mortar joint, forms a "coordinating"?title=or fitted size of 225 x 112.5 x 75 mm (i.e.
A brick section of the old Dixie Highway East Florida Connector (SR 3) on the west side of Lake Lily in Maitland, Florida.
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 Brick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Clay bricks are formed in a mould (the soft mud method), or more frequently in commercial mass production by extruding clay through a die and then wire-cutting them to the proper size (the stiff mud process).
The mainstay standard US brick measures approximately 8 x 4 x 2.25 inches (203 x 102 x 57 millimeters), and has a crushing strength of between 1000 and 3000 lbf/in² (7 to 21 megapascals) depending on quality.
Regardless of size, bricks are usually manufactured with the depth equal to half the length (assuming that the brick is laid horizontally).
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 Brick (disambiguation)
In role-playing game s, a brick is a character whose main useful skill is being able to take a great deal of damage (usually physical damage) and act as a shield for weaker allies.
Bricks and mortar business refers to the physical presence of a store or business, or more traditionally to investment in house s and other building s.
Brick Tamland is the name of a character in the movie '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ''.
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 Brick (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brick, slang for a small unit in the military.
Brick (electronics), an electronic device which cannot function (or has been rendered useless by malicious software) and is considered as useful as a brick.
Brick, a large quantity of banknotes (bills), in any denomination, arranged in a stack.
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 Brick - Enpsychlopedia
Image:BrickWall.jpg A brick is a ceramic block made of kiln-fired material, usually clay or ground shale.
Image:Roskilde domkirke west fassade.jpg In the Near East and India, bricks have been in use for more than five thousand years.
There is a large refractory brick industry, especially in the United Kingdom, Japan and the U.S.A. inparticular.
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 brick in Kilns, page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A brick is a ceramic block made of kiln-fired material, usually clay or...
The Brick Industry Association is committed to advancing the interest of brick manufacturers and distributors, accomplishing objectives which either cannot be achieved by individual members, or those which are more efficiently carried out...
Brick In Architecture: Local Government, The 2005 Academic Issue and 2005 Brick In Architecture Contest Award Winners...
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 Salem, Massachusetts - LoveToKnow 1911
It occupies a peninsula projecting toward the north-east, a small island (Winter Island) connected with the neck of the peninsula (Salem Neck) by a causeway, and some land on the mainland.
There are three court-houses, one of granite (1839-1841) with great monolithic Corinthian pillars, another (1862), adjoining it, of brick, and a third (1908-1909) of granite, for the probate court.
The Peabody Academy of Science, founded by the gift in 1867 of $140,000 from George Peabody and incorporated in 1868, is established in the East India Marine Hall (1824), bought for this purpose from the Salem East India Marine Society.
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 paving brick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the past, brick was extensively used, as was metalling.
1 plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 8 inches (57 x 95 x 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat
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 Brick info here at en.my-widgets.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Methods of manufacture Brick making at the beginning of the 20th century.
Use A brick section of the old Dixie Highway East Florida Connector (SR 3) on the west side of Lake Lily in Maitland, Florida.
This use is particularly prevalent in areas of northern England and some outskirts of London, where rows of terraced houses were rapidly and cheaply built to house local workers [citation needed].
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 brick - the brick - another brick in the wall
The brick was thrown into a bus filled with Fort Lauderdale High School students, according to police.
BRICK: Township officials announced Thursday that they are joining with a local health club in a drive to collect hygiene and comfort supplies and holiday cards to send to troops serving in Iraq.
The structure was white speckled brick and its shape was square and boxy.
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 brick - Steve Weber's Selling Books blog swicki - powered by eurekster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Brick is a literary journal published twice a year and distributed to bookstores across North America.
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One of Canada's small literary presses, Brick Books is a publisher of both new and established voices in Canadian poetry.
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 stucco brick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lime stucco has the property of being self-healing to a limited degree due to the slight solubility of lime (lime in solution can be deposited in cracks where it later solidifies).
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 Building A Brick Wall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Brick Sample Wall - if you are building with brick, remember that mortar is a large part.
There are many bricks in the information-security wall, from safe computing.
The purpose of this "header course" was to hold the two walls together which made the wall load-bearing.
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 Wall Resource Center - wall street journal
Most commonly, a wall separates another wall beds brick in the wall space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates lcd wall mount a space in the open air.
There are three principal donor recognition wall types of structural walls: plasma tv wall mount building walls, exterior boundary walls, and retaining walls.
Since they are no longer relevant for defense, the cities have grown beyond brick wall their walls, and many of the walls wall papers have been torn down.
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 house brick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For other uses of the term, see House (disambiguation).
Houses may have any number of windows to let in natural sunlight and provide a view to the outside.
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 Bricks Tips and information - @Getways
The Brick Industry Association is committed to advancing the interest of brick manufacturers and distributors, accomplishing objectives which either...
We supply antique bricks and cobblestones for driveways, walkways, floors, walls, and other stone...
The Barrel of Bricks - An Urban Legend
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 brick - Home Improvement Search Engine swicki - powered by eurekster
Angie and Scott Hamstead almost didn't buy their house because of the enormous brick fireplace composing an entire wall of their living room.
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 Monrovia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The main exports are latex and iron ore. The harbor also has extensive storage and ship repair facilities.
Manufactures include cement, refined petroleum, food products, bricks and tiles, furniture, and chemicals.
Attractions in Monrovia include the Liberian National Museum, the now ruined Masonic Temple, the Waterside Market, (currently closed) cultural centre on Providence Island and several beaches.
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 Brick Of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sun-dried brick were used for the construction of houses and walls.
The use of burnt brick in Egypt did not become common until the Roman Period.
HE WHO SEES, in the narrative of the ten plagues upon Egypt, and Israel's deliverance thereby, nothing beyond what is contained in the simple story recognizes only the shell, and not the kernel of the lesson.
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 math lessons - Pavement (roads)
Pavers are rarely used in areas that see high-speed vehicle traffic.
Brick, cobblestone and wood plank pavements were once common in urban areas throughout the world, but due to their high manual labor requirements they are typically only maintained for historical reasons.
Likewise, macadam and tarmac pavements can still sometimes be found buried underneath asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete pavements, but are rarely constructed anymore.
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 acme brick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Acme Brick Company, a brick manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
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 another brick in the wall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
2) "Brick" -- in the phrase another brick in the wall
More information on another brick in the wall
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 Talk:HCR - NWNWiki
The "Hard Core Rules" are often referred to as HCR and this page should probably fit into a disambiguation page later on.
Therefore my original assertion of disambiguation is relieved, and I would now volunteer this page for deletion.
Eventually all ambiguous references to "the hard core rule set" will be consolidated.
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 reclaimed bricks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Related Terms: red bricks, reclaimed building materials, reclaimed bricks, reclaimed bricks
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 Real Estate Database & Dictionary - Search for Real Estate Knowledge
Here is the information from our database for the Real Estate Term BRICK.
Building material made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln.
As well as Real Estate Terminology and Definitions, Real-Estate-Dictionary.com also has the following links, articles and other terms related to "Brick".
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 brick in Kilns at Coderdir.com. Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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