426) Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monumnets***

National Research Council (NRC) (1982). Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monumnets. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

• Report of the committee on conservation of historic stone buildings and monuments (ms1-12)
• The scientist's role in historic preservation with particular reference to stone conservation (ms13-21)
• The principles of conservation (ms22-30)
• Some illustrative preservation problems and treatments in Washington, D.C. (ms31-48)
• Geological source of building stone (ms49-61)
• Physical properties of building stone (ms62-86)
• Deformation and fracture of rock (ms87-107)
• Problems in the deterioration of stone (ms108-119)
• The mechanism of masonry decay through crystallization (ms120-144)
• Characterization of bricks and their resistance to deterioration mechanisms (ms145-162)
• Analythical methods related to building and monument preservation (ms163-182)
• Wet and dry surface deposition of air pollutants and their modelling (ms183-196)
• Measurement of local climatological and air pollution factors affecting stone decay (ms197-210)
• Diagnosis of nonstructural problems in historic masonry buildings (ms211-232)
• Diagnosis and prognosis of structural integrity (ms233-241)
• Photogrammetric measurement and monitoring of historic and prehistoric structures (ms242-271)
• Cleaning and surface repair (ms272-280)
• Preventive maintenance in historic structures (ms281-286)
• Stone-consolidating materials: a status report (ms287-311)
• The sustainability of polymer composites as protective materials (ms312-321)
• Exposure site and weatherometer evalutions of synthetic polymers (ms322-328)
• The evaluation of stone preservatives (ms329-340)
• Proposal for a CCMS pilot study on the conservation / restoration of monuments (ms341-346)