Cement Houses and How to Build Them: Illustrated Details of Construction, Standard Specifications for Cement, Standard Specifications for Concrete ... Paving, Reinforcing, Foundations, Walls, Ste - Tapa blanda

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The practical workman who is interested mainly in the every-day problems that come before him in the handling of cement has little time for the history of the indus try, but a brief outline of the ancient uses of this useful material will not be amiss for those who desire to be thoroughly posted.

The use of cement is by no means a modern method of construction. The Romans used it as far back as 500 B. C., both in the building of roadways and strue tures. The very word concrete itself is of Latin origin, meaning a collection of materials bound together by a cementing matrix.

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