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A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes a unit primarily composed of clay, but is now also used informally to denote units
This term is applied to housing in South Asia built of substantial material such as stone, brick, cement, concrete, or timber. [1] The term pucca means "solid" and "permanent", from Hindustani पक्का / پکّا pakkā, lit. ' "ripe, cooked, experienced" '. It is contrasted with kutcha housing (कच्जा / کچّا kaččā lit.
A mason laying a brick on top of the mortar Bridge over the Isábena river in the Monastery of Santa María de Obarra, masonry construction with stones. Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.
Refractory bricks in a torpedo car used for hauling molten iron. In materials science, a refractory (or refractory material) is a material that is resistant to decomposition by heat or chemical attack and that retains its strength and rigidity at high temperatures. [1]
The Thirumayam Fort is a 40-acre wide [1] fortress in the town of Thirumayam in Pudukkottai-Karaikudi Highway in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad in 1687. Later the fort was handed over to his brother in law Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman.
In June 2019, the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department began the fifth phase of the excavation led by Dr R Sivanantham. [19] This phase was completed in four to five months in which 15 trenches was planned to be dug. In the 5th stage of excavation, Sangam-era bricks and more than 700 objects were found and these have been sent for testing.
Some charcoal briquettes. A briquette (French:; also spelled briquet) is a compressed block of coal dust [1] or other combustible biomass material (e.g. charcoal, sawdust, wood chips, [2] peat, or paper) used for fuel and kindling to start a fire.
Illustration of how the bricklayer, on clearing the footings of a wall, builds up six or eight courses of bricks at the external angles. A bricklayer, which is related to but different from a mason, is a craftsperson and tradesperson who lays bricks to construct brickwork.