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The increasing awareness of rapidly decaying monuments and their rescue from loss to future generations have urged this writer to update. Emphasis is placed on the chemical characteristics of the pollutants in air and water and their interaction with stone, which accelerates the process of stone decay, often many times faster than in rural locations in quarries or rock cuts. Stone is exceptionally strong, dense and wellsuited for cladding applications. Cordova stone from top to bottom, cordova stone can economically supply you with the look and feel of natural limestone or cast stone. Properties, durability, is a sophisticated and thorough exploration of stone its properties, performance and conservation in monumental contexts. Keep in mind that some types of stone, including limestone, are particularly vulnerable to weathering. The stones to be used for stone masonry should be hard, tough and durable.
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If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a pdf. Unfortunately, this book cant be printed from the openbook. Conservation of historic stone buildings and monuments. Emphasis is placed on the chemical characteristics of the pollutants in air and waters and their interaction with stone which accelerates the process of stone decay, often many times faster than in. While in traditional architecture stone plays a dominantly. This is not to say that granite will not stain or scratch, but over the course of time, given normal use, it should be.
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