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DUTCH BISCUIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
DEF

Straw- and mud-wrapped lengths of wood used as insulation in the 19th century.

CONT

... visitors can see this example of Harmonist construction, which used heavy timber framing and "Dutch biscuits", or mud-plastered, straw-wrapped boards which were used between floors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale

Spanish

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