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TYPES OF MATERIALS Michael.h. Wood is a remarkable natural material. It is strong and relatively stiff and light. Its properties compete well with those of artificial materials. The fastest bomber in World War II, the British De Havilland Mosquito, was made of wood. When German intelligence discovered that the Allies were making aeroplanes out of wood, they thought that it was because supplies of metal had run out-not realizing that wood had been carefully chosen partly because it had excellent properties for this design. Wood remains the preferred material for many applications in the building industry throughout the world, and also for much furniture. Stone is another natural material, once used for making simple tools and weapons, and subsequently almost exclusively for buildings and sculptures. Among the earliest materials to be put to use by human beings were ceramics, in the form of the clays used in pottery. Archaeologists date early...

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