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Tabular statement of the resistance to crushing of the bricks made by the Vienna Company.
[Experiments made by Professor J. Bauschinger.]
Crushing load
Strength in—
Name of the Locality and Description
of the Bricks.
per brick in tons of 1,000
Kilos.
Kilos per
square c. m.
Zoll (inch) pounds per one square inch.
Wiener berg.
a. Ordinary hand-struck,
77.5
188
2,613
b. Ordinary machine, ....
100.0
230
3,197
c. Ordinary wall brick,
77.0
183
2,544
d. Yellow wall brick, ....
80.0
205
2,850
e. Yellow machine wall brick, .
100.0
230
3,197
/. Red wall brick, ....
81.0
200
2,780
g • Red,.
85.0
195
2,711
h. Ordinary arch brick,
48.0
125
1,738
i. Porous arch brick, ....
100
27
375
k. Machine brick with three holes,
19.5
50
695
l- Machine arch brick with three holes,
5.5
19
264
m. Clinker,.
53.0
240
3,336
Vosendorf
Ordinary hand-struck, ....
74.5
180
2,502
Leopoldsdorf
Ordinary hand-struck,....
71.0
175
2,433
Laaerberg I.
Ordinary hand-struck, ....
96.0
236
4,281
Laaerberg II.
Ordinary hand-struck, ....
76.5
196
2,725
Laaerwald.
Ordinary hand-struck,....
64.0
158
2,196
Ountramsdorf.
Ordinary hand-struck,....
65.0
162
2,252
_ Biedermannsdorf.
Ordinary hand-struck, ....
78.0
200
2,780
Hernals.
Ordinary hand-struck, ....
62.0
158
2,196
Ordinary machine, ....
90.0
205
2,850
The company published, in connection with their costly e xhibition, a descriptive pamphlet, giving a short historical resumé of the brick and tile manufacture in Vienna, the
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