[Stoves] Crispin´s kiln. (was Re: Traditonal Charcola Making Process / retort

[Paul S. Anderson]

Quoting AJH <list at sylva.icuklive.co.uk>:

> There's a saying here that "you cannot make bricks without
> straw" this comes from a time that bricks were hand made and fired in
> simple trenches, the straw contributed both char and oxygen to heating
> the brick internally.

I believe this actually refers to sun-baked bricks as made in ancient 
Egypt and
the straw served to keep the bricks from falling apart during transport.

But I could be totally wrong.

Paul   (who clips off the unnecessary parts of messages, as Andrew has taught
him to do.    ;-))    )

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