Difference between revisions of "Clinker brick"
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Dutch clinker; Dutch brick; glazed brick; burned brick; cinder block | Dutch clinker; Dutch brick; glazed brick; burned brick; cinder block | ||
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 176 | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 176 | ||
Latest revision as of 10:54, 30 May 2022
Description
A very, hard, dark, vitrified brick that makes a clinking sound when struck. Clinker brick have distorted shapes due to shrinkage and melting. They were typically used for paving.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Dutch clinker; Dutch brick; glazed brick; burned brick; cinder block
Resources and Citations
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 176
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000