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September Trivia

If you want to be the Guest of Honor at the next Younger Member Event, be the first one to get all the answers right! So come on Houston, test your knowledge!

Bricks placed in a certain orientation are given names to identify their orientation, using a standard full size Brick, and 3d coordinates Height 2 ¼” x Length 7 5/8” x Width 3 5/8”  match the name to the orientation. In 2d space, X is the Horizontal and Y is the Vertical, let Z be the Depth for the third dimension

       1. Sailor
       2. Shiner
       3. Header
       4. Rowlock
       5. Soldier
       6. Stretcher

      b. X = Width, Y = Height, Z = Length
      c. X = Height, Y = Length, Z = Width
      d. X = Width, Y = Length, Z = Height
      e. X = Height, Y = Width, Z = Length
      f. X = Length Y = Width Z = Height

Answers to August Trivia

1. Chain link fence was first produced in the United States in which year?

Anchor Fence (established in 1898) bought the rights to the machine and was the first American company to manufacture chain-link fencing in the United States. Anchor Fence also holds the first United States patent of chain-link. The machine was purchased from a man in 1845 from Belgium who originally invented the wire bending machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain-link_fencing

2.        Glass block has an R-value (thermal resistance) between 1.75 and 1.96.

3.        Batt Insulation (wall insulation) has an R-value typically in the range of 8 and        38.