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This useful general survey describes the varieties and uses of stone as a building material - whether cut or field-stone - and how to extract, work and use it. A new chapter on stone and the environment emphasizes the importance of planning, waste recycling and quarry rehabilitation as part of the extraction process. There is a new appendix outlining procedures for testing stone''s flexural and compressive strength and discussing the importance of slip resistance.

Stone: An introduction

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    A Paperback / softback by Asher Shadmon

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      Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/12/1996
      ISBN13: 9781853393136, 978-1853393136
      ISBN10: 1853393134

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      Book Synopsis
      This useful general survey describes the varieties and uses of stone as a building material - whether cut or field-stone - and how to extract, work and use it. A new chapter on stone and the environment emphasizes the importance of planning, waste recycling and quarry rehabilitation as part of the extraction process. There is a new appendix outlining procedures for testing stone''s flexural and compressive strength and discussing the importance of slip resistance.

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