Construction Materials: Types, Uses and Applications
- ISBN-10
- 0471851450
- ISBN-13
- 9780471851455
- Series
- Construction Materials
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 1023
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-01-16
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Caleb Hornbostel
Description
Exhaustive list of materials used in construction and architecture. Inforamation on each category includes history and manufacture, the physical and chemical properties, and the conditions of use. Although an American publication all measurements in the book include metric equivalients.
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