Cementing Things Together. Steve Voynick.
by Voynick, Steve; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 74Science. Publisher: History Magazine, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Architecture -- History | Architecture -- Roman | Cement | Clay | Concrete | Limestone | Portland cement | Volcanic ashDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Cement and concrete are easily taken for granted in the modern world. Bags of inexpensive, quick-setting cement are sold everywhere and rotary cement trucks deliver their pre-mixed loads to construction sites daily. The product of cement is, of course, concrete, the basic building material for everything from dams, bridges, highways and airport runways to the sidewalks, foundations and patios of our homes." (HISTORY MAGAZINE) This article examines the history of cement and concrete.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Cementing Things Together, June/July 2005; pp. 32-35.
"Cement and concrete are easily taken for granted in the modern world. Bags of inexpensive, quick-setting cement are sold everywhere and rotary cement trucks deliver their pre-mixed loads to construction sites daily. The product of cement is, of course, concrete, the basic building material for everything from dams, bridges, highways and airport runways to the sidewalks, foundations and patios of our homes." (HISTORY MAGAZINE) This article examines the history of cement and concrete.
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