kiln structure
1Cement kiln — Cement kilns are used for the pyroprocessing stage of manufacture of Portland and other types of hydraulic cement, in which calcium carbonate reacts with silica bearing minerals to form a mixture of calcium silicates. Over a billion tonnes of… …
2Anagama kiln — 1 Door about 75 centimetres (30 in) wide 2 Firebox 3 Stacking floor made of silica sand 4 Dampers 5 Flue 6 Chimney 7 Refractory arch The anagama kiln (Japanese: 穴窯) is an ancient type of pottery kiln brought to Japan from China via Korea in… …
3Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln — Infobox nrhp name = Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln nrhp type = caption = The stone Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln is one of the best preserved periodic lime kilns in Illinois. location = Polo, Ogle County, Illinois, USA nearest city = lat degrees = 41 lat… …
4Annery kiln — The former Annery lime kiln (co ordinates 50 59 4.4 N | 04 11 30.7 W) is situated just off the road from Bideford to Great Torrington, near Weare Giffard in the Torridge District of North Devon, England. The old lime kiln overlooks the River… …
5anagama kiln — /ænəˈgamə kɪln/ (say anuh gahmuh kiln) noun a single chambered, tunnel shaped, wood fired kiln with a firebox at one end and a flue at the other, the whole structure sloping up a rise so that the heat and ash travels from the firebox through the… …
6arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
7Wood drying — (also seasoning lumber or timber seasoning) refers to reducing the moisture content of wood prior to its use. For some purposes wood is not dried at all (it is used green ) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green wood] . Often the wood needs to be in …
8wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
9Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …
10brick and tile — ▪ building material Introduction structural clay products, manufactured as standard units, used in building construction. The brick, first produced in a sun dried form at least 6,000 years ago and the forerunner of a wide range of… …
