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  2. Brickwork - Wikipedia

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    Coordination dimensions are the actual physical dimensions of the brick with the mortar required on one header face, one stretcher face and one bed. Working dimensions is the size of a manufactured brick. It is also called the nominal size of a brick. Brick size may be slightly different due to shrinkage or distortion due to firing, etc. An ...

  3. Brick - Wikipedia

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    The standard brick sizes in Mesopotamia followed a general rule: the width of the dried or burned brick would be twice its thickness, and its length would be double its width. [ 8 ] The South Asian inhabitants of Mehrgarh also constructed air-dried mudbrick structures between 7000 and 3300 BC [ 9 ] and later the ancient Indus Valley cities of ...

  4. File:Comparison house brick size.svg - Wikipedia

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    Comparison house brick size: Image title: Comparison of typical house brick sizes of assorted countries with isometric projections with nominal dimensions are in mm by CMG Lee. Width: 100%: Height: 100%

  5. Roman brick - Wikipedia

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    At one time, Roman brick was one of three available brick types in the United States; the other two were "Standard" (dimensions of 3.625 by 2.25 by 7.625 inches (9 cm × 6 cm × 19 cm) [21]) and "Norman (dimensions of 4 by 2.66 by 12 inches (10 cm × 7 cm × 30 cm) [22])."

  6. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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    The scale of a standard 4-stud × 2-stud Lego brick compared to the unit size of a standard house brick (9 × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 × 3 inches). 1:6: 2 in: 50.80 mm EFRA regulation off-road radio-controlled buggies.

  7. Adobe - Wikipedia

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    An adobe brick is a composite material made of earth mixed with water and an organic material such as straw or dung. The soil composition typically contains sand, silt and clay. Straw is useful in binding the brick together and allowing the brick to dry evenly, thereby preventing cracking due to uneven shrinkage rates through the brick. [12]

  8. What’s the average square footage of a house? - AOL

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    Is 2,500 square feet considered a big house? Yes, 2,500 square feet is bigger than average. According to U.S. Census data, the average newly built single-family home in 2022 measured 2,299 square ...

  9. Dutch brick - Wikipedia

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    Manual brick manufacture. Illustration from Louis Figuier, Les merveilles de l ' industrie (1879).. The word "brick" may be of Dutch origin. [2] [3] A 1901 dictionary of architecture defines "brick" as "a regularly shaped piece of clay hardened in the sun or by the heat of a kiln and intended for building; commonly one of very many pieces of uniform size".