Soil for Building Materials
Author | : Rebecca Stefoff |
Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781502621658 |
ISBN-13 | : 1502621657 |
Rating | : 4/5 (657 Downloads) |
Download or read book Soil for Building Materials written by Rebecca Stefoff and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil is something we dont just live on, its something we live in. Throughout history, mankind has developed ways of using soil to build dwellings. The ancients built cities out of bricks, the Native Americans of the Southwest used soil to build adobe settlements, and the pioneers on the prairies built sod homes to combat heat and cold. This book examines the properties of different kinds of soil and what makes that soil useful for building a structure.