Brick
material · 7000 BC · Stone Age
A building block of dried or fired clay.
Principles and materials it uses
- Clay — is made of. Bricks are moulded from clay.
- Kiln — uses. Fired brick is stronger than mud brick.
- Trowel — uses. Bricklaying with a trowel.
Where it is used
- Arch — is material for. Arches were built of brick or stone.
- Column — is material for. Stone columns.
- Kiln — is material for. Later — of brick.
- Sewerage — is material for. The drains of Mohenjo-daro are lined with fired brick.
- Vault — is material for. And of brick.
- Hypocaust — is material for. The pillars of a hypocaust are brick.
- Chimney — is material for. Chimneys are brick.
- Heating stove — is material for. Or built of brick.
- Wood-fired oven — is material for. Wood-fired ovens are built of firebrick.
- Chemical plant — is material for. The furnaces and towers are brick.
- Water treatment plant — is material for. Settling tanks are stone and brick.
- Water tower — is material for. Water towers are brick.
- Metro — is material for. The vaults of the first tunnels are brick.
- Open-hearth furnace — is material for. An open-hearth furnace is built of firebrick.
- Power station — is material for. The buildings of the first power stations were brick.