Focus on Building Materials (Focus on resources)

by Graham Rickard (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $5.77

  This series gives the young reader a survey of some of the world's most important natural resources. It explains where a commodity is found, how it is processed and the uses we make of it. In this volume the author deals with building materials, describing their history and suggesting future uses. It explains how people throughout the centuries have used almost every material, whether animal, plant or mineral for building, but how, with the discovery in the 19th century of new man-made materials together with improvements in transport, the modern builder now has a greater choice than ever before. The production of different materials is also described and the book shows how they are used in different parts of the world. The author has also written Building Homes and many other titles in this series.