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A Newly Discovered Tablet‐Making Facility in Nineveh: Insights From Scientific Analysis
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper addresses the question of tablet technology in the Neo‐Assyrian capital city of Nineveh. Recent excavations in the lower town of Nineveh by the Iraqi–Italian Archaeological Expedition uncovered an exceptional assemblage of more than 200 tablets from an elite residence that appears to have included a scriptorium.
Mathilde Jean +7 more
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Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Clay Brick by Using Stone Powder
Civil and Environmental EngineeringHundreds of studies have been written in the last several decades on the advantages of using stone powder as a raw material in the production of fired clay bricks. The durability and long-term behavior of the finished product, however, have received very
Almusawi Jwad K. +3 more
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SN Applied Sciences, 2021 The present study focuses on the use of feldspars from Batie granites (West-Cameroon) as a fluxing agent in ceramic applications, in order to reduce the energy cost of brick manufacture. Three alluvial clays were collected in the field using an auger and
Gervaise Kieufack +6 more
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An Experimental Study on the Effect of Water on Historic Brickwork Masonry [PDF]
, 2020 Architectural heritage is deeply threatened by extreme weather events due to ongoing climatic change. Since these phenomena are becoming more and more serious, their effects cannot be neglected when a reliable assessment of a historic masonry structure ...
Corradi, Marco +2 more
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Boreas, EarlyView.Map of Lower sediment (LS) thickness is a surrogate for the distribution of Thorncliffe Formation (TF) and ~75% of TF thickness from the slope of Niagara Escarpment east to Brighton. Inset images show the LS sequence at the Don Valleys brickyards (DVBY) and undeformed TF sand and gravel (~15 m) below Newmarket Till (NT) at sites L and Co.
David R. Sharpe +3 more
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Hybrid AdvancesThe increasing demand for insulating bricks, driven by climate change and the rising costs of construction, has led to the exploration of alternative building materials.
Abiola Oluwasogo Oyediran +5 more
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Children &Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
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Olive Stone Ash as Secondary Raw Material for Fired Clay Bricks
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016 This work evaluates the effect of incorporation of olive stone ash, as secondary raw material, on the properties of fired clay bricks. To this end, three compositions containing 10, 20, and 30 wt% olive stone ash in a mixture of clays (30 wt% red, 30 wt%
D. Eliche-Quesada +2 more
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Design optimization of ANN-based pattern recognizer for multivariate quality control [PDF]
, 2013 In manufacturing industries, process variation is known to be major source of poor quality. As such, process monitoring and diagnosis is critical towards continuous quality improvement.
Abdul Jamil, Muhamad Faizal
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Preparation and Characterization of Lime Activated Unfired Bricks Made with Industrial Wastes [PDF]
, 2013 Utilization of fly ash can reduces the solid waste disposal problem and minimization of pollution also. Conventional production of bricks usually utilizes clay and shale as the source material and requires high temperature (900– 1000 °C) kiln firing ...
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