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MUD and clay are materials, the properties of which are not only of concern to the meticulous housewife and to the children who make mud pies and clay engines; the geologist has found interest in their formation, and from the study of them is able to trace a large part of the history of the earth's crust. They have played their part in the aesthetic development of the race. They have been the architect's and engineer's friend for the making of building materials, and have filled them with concern and not infrequently dismay when they have desired to build upon them or when they desired to support them. The story of the development of buildings, bridges, and other types of structures, tells of many failures, because of the treacherousness and uncertainty of these materials, and partly, at least, because engineers and architects had not attempted to determine their properties in a scientific manner.
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Physical Properties of Clay and Clay-Mud. Nature 111, 202–203 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111202a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111202a0