"Malmbrick" Quotes from Famous Books
... have been unequally fired, and are part of them underburnt, part well burnt, part overburnt. They are sorted accordingly into shuffs, grizzles, stocks of two or three qualities, shippers, and burrs. Several sorts of malm stocks, which are superior in color and texture, are made, and are used for facing bricks and for cutting; and what are called paviors, which are dark and strong bricks, are also made. The London stock is erroneously, but usually, described as gray. ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 • Various |