:''"Brick clamp" also refers to a device (usually powered) to lift quantities of bricks.''
A brick clamp is a traditional method of
baking bricks, done by stacking unbaked bricks with
fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy but ...
under or among them, then igniting the fuel. The clamp is considered a type of
kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay int ...
. If the clamp is
insulated by packing
earth
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or
mud
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around it, it becomes a scove kiln.
[Whitney, William Dwight. "Scove, 2" ''The Century dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language'', Vol. 7. New York: The Century Co., 188991. 5,415. Print.]
See also
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Charcoal clamp
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents. In the traditional version of this pyrolysis process, cal ...
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Storage clamp
A clamp is a compact heap, mound or pile of materials. A storage clamp is used in the agricultural industry for temporary storage of root crops such as potato, turnip, rutabaga, mangelwurzel, and sugar beet.
A clamp is formed by excavating a sha ...
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