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... PAVING - BRICK .. Formation and Composition of Clays - Kaolin - Characteristics of Clay Shales - Fire - clays - Definition of " Vitrified " -Early Clay Products - First Brick - kiln in United States - Production of Paving- brick ...
... PAVING - BRICK .. Formation and Composition of Clays - Kaolin - Characteristics of Clay Shales - Fire - clays - Definition of " Vitrified " -Early Clay Products - First Brick - kiln in United States - Production of Paving- brick ...
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... paved streets , and mag- nificent system of railroads . All of this , however , consumed a vast amount of time , and many centuries elapsed after the building of the first road before much similar work was undertaken or the modern ...
... paved streets , and mag- nificent system of railroads . All of this , however , consumed a vast amount of time , and many centuries elapsed after the building of the first road before much similar work was undertaken or the modern ...
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... paved and well - kept driveway lined on both sides with temples , mau- soleums , porticoes , monuments , statues , etc. In fact , according to descriptions it must have been the modern boulevard with all the accessories that the times ...
... paved and well - kept driveway lined on both sides with temples , mau- soleums , porticoes , monuments , statues , etc. In fact , according to descriptions it must have been the modern boulevard with all the accessories that the times ...
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... paved in the fourth and fifth cen- turies after the founding of the city . The first pavements in Paris were laid during the reign of Philip Augustus about 1184 , the square of the Châtelet 4 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
... paved in the fourth and fifth cen- turies after the founding of the city . The first pavements in Paris were laid during the reign of Philip Augustus about 1184 , the square of the Châtelet 4 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
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... paved streets in 850 . The Strand , London , was ordered paved by act of Parliament in the fourteenth century , and streets outside of the city in the sixteenth , although it is said that the first regular pavements were laid in 1533 ...
... paved streets in 850 . The Strand , London , was ordered paved by act of Parliament in the fourteenth century , and streets outside of the city in the sixteenth , although it is said that the first regular pavements were laid in 1533 ...
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