TY - BOOK ID - 85513181 TI - Understanding building stones and stone buildings AU - Hudson, John A. AU - Cosgrove, John W. PY - 2020 SN - 9781138094222 1138094226 9781315100180 1315100185 9781351585323 1351585320 9781351585347 1351585347 9781351585330 1351585339 9780367779818 PB - Boca Raton : CRC Press, DB - UniCat KW - Building, Stone KW - Stone buildings KW - 691.2 KW - Natuursteen KW - Buildings, Stone KW - Buildings KW - Stone building KW - Stone construction KW - Building KW - Bouwmaterialen ; natuursteen KW - Construction en pierre. KW - Building, Stone. KW - Pierre à bâtir. KW - Building stones. KW - Construction en pierre KW - Pierre à bâtir KW - Pierre à bâtir UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85513181 AB - "This book covers the wide spectrum of subjects relating to obtaining and using building stones. The life of a building stone is explained from its origin in the quarry, through its exposure to the elements when used for a building, to its eventual deterioration. The structure of stone buildings is then discussed, with explanations of the mechanics of pillars, lighthouses and walls, arches, bridges, buttresses and roof vaults, plus castles and cathedrals. The book is illustrated with more than 450 diagrams and colour photographs of both the various stones and the associated stone buildings"-- ER -