Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments

Committee on Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments, National Materials Advisory Board, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Contents; 3 Report of the Committee on Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments; 4 The Scientist's Role in Historic Preservation with Particular Reference to Stone Conservation; 5 The Principles of Conservation; 6 Some Illustrative Preservation Problems and Treatments in Washington, D.C; 7 Geological Sources of Building Stone; 8 Physical Properties of Building Stone; 9 Deformation and Fracture of Rock; 10 Problems in the Deterioration of Stone; 11 The Mechanism of Masonry Decay Through Crystallization; 12 Characterization of Bricks and Their Resistance to Deterioration Mechanisms; 13 Analytical Methods Related to Building and Monument Preservation; 14 Wet and Dry Surface Deposition of Air Pollutants and Their Modeling; 15 Measurement of Local Climatological and Air Pollution Factors Affecting Stone Decay; 16 Diagnosis of Nonstructural Problems in Historic Masonry; 17 Diagnosis and Prognosis of Structural Integrity; 18 Photogrammetric Measurement and Monitoring of Historic and Prehistoric Structures; 19 Cleaning and Surface Repair; 20 Preventive Maintenance in Historic Structures; 21 Stone Consolidating Materials: A Status Report; 22 The Suitability of Polymer Composites as Protective Materials; 23 Exposure Site and Weatherometer Evaluations of Synthetic Polymers; 24 The Evaluation of Stone Preservatives; 25 Appendix: Proposal for a CCMS Pilot Study on the Conservation/Restoration of Monuments; 26 Index