Does anyone have a bibliography of the "extensive writing on the history
and use of ...building materials" by Miles Lewis as mentioned in this
post.
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> From: Andersen, Chris (CZR) [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 1:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: corrugated iron
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> To add still more to this discussion:
>
> Prof. Miles Lewis, of the University of Melbourne, Faculty of
> Architecture,
> Building & Planning, has done extensive research and writing on the
> history
> and use of various building materials, including galvanized iron and
> corrugated iron. I found him to be very approachable and very generous
> with
> his information when I was doing some research on the same subject.
>
> Dr. Lewis can be reached at: [log in to unmask]
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> Regards,
>
> Chris J.-Andersen
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dr Robert V. J. P. Varman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 11:42 AM
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> > Subject: corrugated iron
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> > Just adding to what the others have written.
> >
> > There is a fair bit of information in some of British builders' and
> > engineering journals of last century. I remember reading something
> (1880s)
> > about difficulties caused by the different corrugations used by
> different
> > manufacturers (and a list of some of the brands with measurements).
> The
> > best known trades encyclopaedias of last century discuss the
> invention of
> > galvanizing but have relatively little on corrugated iron sheeting.
> >
> > Lysaght produced a handbook, 'Lysaght's Referee' every few years -
> for
> > example, the twelth edition was in 1922 and the seventeenth in 1939.
> They
> > contain a lot of technical information like illustrations of the
> > thicknesses of the sheets (Birmingham Gauge), illustrations of
> sheets,
> > roofing screws and even the various trade marks. Their most famous
> brand
> > was of course the 'Orb' brand.
> >
> > A nice feature of several types of corrugated iron sheeting (Lysaght
> > included) is that they are stamped with the date of the year -
> generally
> > the last two digits.
> >
> > Robert V J P Varman
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