Feral Alphabets: H

From: Mullions

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ouses made of brick are famously sturdy—just ask any preschooler. While much is made of brick’s superiority in withstanding Big Bad Wolves, brick houses did offer a very real safety improvement over wood and thatch: their resistance to fire.  For this reason, brick often replaced wood as the most commonly used building material, particularly in crowded cities. In London, for example, when the Great Fire of 1666 destroyed many of the earlier wooden structures, the rebuilding was done primarily in brick.  Even brick has its weaknesses, however; in recent times, use of brick has declined in regions where earthquakes are common.

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