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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Tests 
  to 
  

  

  determine 
  

  

  relative 
  strength 
  of 
  bricks 
  tested 
  six 
  

  

  threes, 
  

  

  fours 
  and 
  fives, 
  set 
  in 
  

  

  plaster 
  of 
  paris 
  joints 
  ai 
  

  

  surfaces 
  

  

  

  

  

  Number 
  

   in 
  pile 
  

  

  Hight 
  of 
  

   pile 
  

  

  Sectional 
  

   area 
  

  

  Ultimate 
  strength 
  

   Total 
  ^TX^""^ 
  

  

  

  Sq. 
  in. 
  

  

  Sq. 
  in. 
  

  

  Pound3 
  

  

  Pounds 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  2.20 
  

  

  . 
  28.95 
  

  

  458 
  500 
  

  

  15 
  837 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  2.12 
  

  

  29.56 
  

  

  269 
  000 
  

  

  9 
  100 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  4.40 
  

  

  29.41 
  

  

  178 
  500 
  

  

  6 
  069 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  4.35 
  

  

  29.33 
  

  

  199 
  800 
  

  

  6 
  812 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  6.48 
  

  

  29.14 
  

  

  127 
  200 
  

  

  4 
  365 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  6.60 
  

  

  29.10 
  

  

  169 
  600 
  

  

  ■ 
  5828 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  8.75 
  

  

  29.29 
  

  

  122 
  100 
  

  

  4 
  168 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  8.88 
  

  

  29.22 
  

  

  139 
  900 
  

  

  4 
  788 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  10.95 
  

  

  28.94 
  

  

  131 
  100 
  

  

  4 
  630 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  10.85 
  

  

  29.60 
  

  

  110 
  500 
  

  

  3 
  733 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  Pounds 
  

  

  12 
  469 
  

  

  6 
  440 
  

  

  [ 
  5 
  096 
  

  

  4 
  478 
  

  

  4 
  131 
  

  

  Building 
  brick 
  industry 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  

  

  Common 
  brick 
  are 
  m.ade' 
  at 
  many 
  localities^ 
  tlie 
  most 
  important 
  

   region 
  being 
  that 
  of 
  tbe 
  Hudson 
  river 
  valley. 
  

  

  Pressed 
  brick 
  in 
  plain 
  colors 
  and 
  mottled 
  brick 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  B. 
  

   Kreisclier's 
  Sons 
  at 
  Kreischerville, 
  S. 
  I.; 
  ISTew 
  York 
  arcliitectura] 
  

   terra 
  cotta 
  co., 
  'New 
  York 
  city; 
  Eastern 
  hydraulic 
  pressed 
  brick 
  co.. 
  

   Canandaigua; 
  while 
  plain 
  brick 
  are 
  manufactured 
  by 
  the 
  Glens 
  

   Falls 
  brick 
  and 
  terra 
  cotta 
  co., 
  Glens 
  Falls; 
  the 
  Corning 
  brick 
  co-^ 
  

   Coming; 
  Brush 
  and 
  Schmidt, 
  Jewettville; 
  Campbell 
  brick 
  co., 
  

   JSTewfield. 
  

  

  Enameled 
  brick. 
  These 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  extensive 
  use 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   day, 
  specially 
  for 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  buildings, 
  where 
  a 
  smooth 
  surface 
  

   ia 
  often 
  desirable, 
  but 
  one 
  which 
  shows 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  color. 
  The 
  body 
  

   of 
  enameled 
  brick 
  usually 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  hard 
  burned 
  fire 
  clay, 
  or 
  

   semi-fire 
  clay, 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  glaze 
  of 
  one 
  

   color. 
  Two 
  difiiculties 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  enamel 
  

   brick 
  has 
  to 
  contend 
  are 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  a 
  perfectly 
  flat 
  surface 
  of 
  

  

  