Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone, Volume 1John Ashurst, Francis G. Dimes |
Contents
Series Editors Preface | 1 |
The nature of building and decorative stones | 19 |
Igneous rocks | 37 |
Copyright | |
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Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone Francis G. Dimes,John Ashurst No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbey alabaster appearance architect Architecture attack basalt Bath Stone bedding planes blocks Britain British building stone built calcareous calcite calcium carbonate calcium sulphate Carboniferous Limestone Castle Cathedral caused cement century chemical cladding clay Collyweston colour columns commonly contain crystallization damage decay decorative deposited Derbyshire Devon dolomite Ely Cathedral England example feet feldspar Figure fine-grained flint fossils frost geological grains granite green grey gypsum Hall HMSO House igneous rocks important joints Jurassic known lime London Magnesian Limestone magnesium marble masonry mass material metamorphic rocks mica Millstone Grit mineral monuments mortar Museum normally occur oolitic outcrop paving Permian polished pollution pore porous Portland Stone pressure produced Purbeck quarried quartz Quartzite Red Sandstone repair Roman roof sand sedimentary rocks sediments seen serpentinite silica slabs slate South staining stonework structure sulphur-based acids surface thick travertine type of stone variety wall weathering Westminster widely Yorkshire
References to this book
Water Transport in Brick, Stone and Concrete Christopher Hall,William D. Hoff No preview available - 2002 |