Excerpt from The Clay Products of New Jersey at the Present Time: An Exhibition in the Public Library Building, February 1 to March 20, 1915 In common brick there is little attention paid to the color or the smoothness of the surface or the sharpness of the edge. Pressed brick are so called because after molding the brick are pressed to give sharp edges, and smooth surfaces. En amel brick. Have a coating of opaque material. Glazed brick are coated With a transparent glaze. Common brick are made of easily-molded clays that ...
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Excerpt from The Clay Products of New Jersey at the Present Time: An Exhibition in the Public Library Building, February 1 to March 20, 1915 In common brick there is little attention paid to the color or the smoothness of the surface or the sharpness of the edge. Pressed brick are so called because after molding the brick are pressed to give sharp edges, and smooth surfaces. En amel brick. Have a coating of opaque material. Glazed brick are coated With a transparent glaze. Common brick are made of easily-molded clays that burn hard at a low temperature and do not often warp or crack. Brick clays generally burn red. Pressed, enameled and glazed brick need a better quality of clay. It must burn to a uniform color, it must not warp or split and it must become hard at a moderate heat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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