Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Notes on Concrete and Works in Concrete Especially Written to Assist Those Engaged Upon Public Works
In the following notes no particular reference is made to the manufacture, composition, or scientific testing of Portland cement, its use on the work being principally considered.
Brie?y, the valuableness of Portland cement is its power of firmly uniting other substances, its cohesive ness, durability, and adaptability to be moulded into any form with a rapidity of execution unattainable with brickwork or masonry.
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