New experiments on building materials, in reference to their conducting power, dryness, & resistance to the progress of fire : as read before the Chemical Society of London / by John Hutchinson.

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New experiments on building materials, in reference to their conducting power, dryness, & resistance to the progress of fire : as read before the Chemical Society of London / by John Hutchinson.