Understanding Building Stones and Stone Buildings
CRC Press | English | 2019 | ISBN-10: 1138094226 | 364 pages | PDF | 66.74 MB
by John A. Hudson (Author), John W. Cosgrove (Author)
This book covers the wide spectrum of subjects relating to obtaining and using building stones, starting with their geological origin and then describing the nature of granites, volcanics, limestones, sandstones, flint, metamorphic stones, breccias and conglomerates, with emphasis being placed on how to recognise the different stones via the many illustrated examples from Great Britain and other countries