Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INDEX
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I DIFFERENT MODES OF EMPLOYING CONCRETE, AND SYSTEMS OF CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER II AGGREGATES
- CHAPTER III MATRICES: ROMAN, MEDINA, AND PORTLAND CEMENTS
- CHAPTER IV MATRICES CONTINUED: SELENITIC AND COMMON LIMES
- CHAPTER V HOW TO MAKE CONCRETE
- CHAPTER VI FRAMES AND APPLIANCES FOR DEFINING CONCRETE WALLS
- CHAPTER VII CONCRETE-MIXING MACHINES
- CHAPTER VIII FLOOR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER IX THE DISADVANTAGES OF CONCRETE
- CHAPTER X ROOFS
- CHAPTER XI GENERAL REMARKS ON MONOLITHIC WALL BUILDING
- CHAPTER XII THE APPLICATION OF CONCRETE TO MINOR PURPOSES
- CHAPTER XIII THE COST OF CONCRETE, AND THE CLASS OF BUILDINGS FOR WHICH IT IS MOST ADAPTED
- CHAPTER XIV THE EXTERNAL TREATMENT OF CONCRETE BUILDINGS
- CHAPTER XV THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONCRETE BUILDINGS
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CHAPTER V - HOW TO MAKE CONCRETE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INDEX
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I DIFFERENT MODES OF EMPLOYING CONCRETE, AND SYSTEMS OF CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER II AGGREGATES
- CHAPTER III MATRICES: ROMAN, MEDINA, AND PORTLAND CEMENTS
- CHAPTER IV MATRICES CONTINUED: SELENITIC AND COMMON LIMES
- CHAPTER V HOW TO MAKE CONCRETE
- CHAPTER VI FRAMES AND APPLIANCES FOR DEFINING CONCRETE WALLS
- CHAPTER VII CONCRETE-MIXING MACHINES
- CHAPTER VIII FLOOR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER IX THE DISADVANTAGES OF CONCRETE
- CHAPTER X ROOFS
- CHAPTER XI GENERAL REMARKS ON MONOLITHIC WALL BUILDING
- CHAPTER XII THE APPLICATION OF CONCRETE TO MINOR PURPOSES
- CHAPTER XIII THE COST OF CONCRETE, AND THE CLASS OF BUILDINGS FOR WHICH IT IS MOST ADAPTED
- CHAPTER XIV THE EXTERNAL TREATMENT OF CONCRETE BUILDINGS
- CHAPTER XV THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONCRETE BUILDINGS
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- ConcreteIts Use in Building and the Construction of Concrete Walls, Floors, Etc., pp. 75 - 83Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1877