Essays on Hydraulic and Common Mortars and on Limeburning1838 - 256 pàgines |
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... mortar . Although the solidity and durability of masonry depends on the goodness of mortar ; still , few experiments have been made with lime ; and the manner of making mortar has almost always been given up to workmen . It is only ...
... mortar . Although the solidity and durability of masonry depends on the goodness of mortar ; still , few experiments have been made with lime ; and the manner of making mortar has almost always been given up to workmen . It is only ...
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... mortar that hardens under water , and has great durability . I shall have occasion to return to this important fact , and to report what Mr. Girard says , as well as to state the principal experiments which have been made with this sub ...
... mortar that hardens under water , and has great durability . I shall have occasion to return to this important fact , and to report what Mr. Girard says , as well as to state the principal experiments which have been made with this sub ...
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because mortar composed of fat lime and puzzalona hardens very soon in water , and acquires , in a short time , very great strength . This fact was known to the ancients , for Vitruvius speaks of it , as will be seen further on . I ...
because mortar composed of fat lime and puzzalona hardens very soon in water , and acquires , in a short time , very great strength . This fact was known to the ancients , for Vitruvius speaks of it , as will be seen further on . I ...
Pàgina 9
... mortar is , with less labour , mixed more perfectly . Experi- ments which follow will show that it is an error to insist that mortar should be mixed with " the sweat of the labourers : " it is enough if the sand be well mixed with the ...
... mortar is , with less labour , mixed more perfectly . Experi- ments which follow will show that it is an error to insist that mortar should be mixed with " the sweat of the labourers : " it is enough if the sand be well mixed with the ...
Pàgina 10
... mortar , no faster than as they are wanted . Lime may be preserved in this way for eight or ten days without losing quality . If at the end of the day , all the heaps of lime have been consumed , new heaps should be formed for the ...
... mortar , no faster than as they are wanted . Lime may be preserved in this way for eight or ten days without losing quality . If at the end of the day , all the heaps of lime have been consumed , new heaps should be formed for the ...
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