Observations on Limes, Calcareous Cements, Mortars, Stuccos, and Concrete And on Puzzolanas, Natural and Artificial
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, &c
- OF THE PURE LIME STONES AND THEIR MORTARS
- OF GYPSUM, ALABASTER OR PLASTER STONE
- OF THE WATER LIMES OR HYDRAULIC LIMES
- OF GROUTING
- OF MAGNESIAN LIMESTONES
- OF THE WATER CEMENTS OF ENGLAND ABSURDLY TERMED ROMAN CEMENTS
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL WATER CEMENTS, ON A SMALL SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, in 1829 and 1830
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT ON A GREATER SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1829 AND THE THREE FOLLOWING YEARS
- THE SUBJECT OF CONCRETE CONTINUED
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1836
- EXPERIMENTS ON THE COHESIVENESS OF VARIOUS STONES
- RULES FOR JUDGING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CEMENT SUPPLIED BY A MANUFACTURER
- RULE FOR JUDGING OF THE COMPARATIVE COHESIVE STRENGTH OF DIFFERENT SORTS OF CEMENT
- EXPERIMENTS BOTH WITH NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, TRIED IN 1837 AND 1838
- EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF CEMENT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PURPOSES IN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRACTICABLE WITH THE BEST LIME MORTARS
- GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTIONS
- THAT CEMENT, JUDICIOUSLY APPLIED, MAY DO AWAY THE NECESSITY OF TIMBER CHAIN BOND AND WOODEN LINTELS
- EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CEMENTS CONTINUED
- OF PUZZOLANA
- OF ARTIFICIAL PUZZOLANA
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL PUZZOLANA TRIED AT CHATHAM IN 1837
- DESCRIPTION AND PRESENT STATE OF THE COMMON AND FUZZOLANA MORTARS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCKS OF KINGSTON UPON HULL
- HASTY EXPERIMENTS TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1838, ON VARIOUS LIMES, LIME MORTARS & PUZZOLANA MORTARS
- OF THE COMPARATIVE ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENT AND OF WEIGHT, IN ESTIMATING THE ACTUAL QUANTITIES OF LIME, SAND AND PUZZOLANA, FOR COMMON AND HYDRAULIC MORTARS
- FOUR MODES OF MEASURING LIME
- EXPERIMENTS CONTINUED
- FARTHER EXPERIMENTS ON THE STRENGTH OF CEMENT JOINTS FOR CONNECTING LARGE STONES
- EXPERIMENTS TRIED AT CHATHAM ON THE RESISTANCE OF TWO BRICK BEAMS BUILT WITH NETT CEMENT
- FINAL RESISTANCE OF MESSRS. FRANCIS'S EXPERIMENTAL BRICK BEAM BEFORE DESCRIBED
- EXPERIMENTS CHIEFLY ON THE COMPARATIVE RESISTANCE OF YORKSHIRE STONE AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS
- FINAL REMARKS UPON THE RESISTANCE OF CEMENT JOINTS
- REMARKS ON TRASS
- DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED IN UNDERSETTING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW CUSTOM-HOUSE AT LONDON, AND OF A STOREHOUSE IN CHATHAM DODK-YARD
- PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY FOR PREVENTING SETTLEMENTS IN THE WALLS OF BUILDINGS ON CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS,&c
- FURTHER REMARKS ON MESSRS. FRANCIS'S BRICK BEAM
- RULES FOR MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, EQUAL IN EFFICIENCY TO THE BEST NATURAL WATER CEMENTS OF ENGLAND
- RULES FOR MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, WHEN ONLY HARD LIME STONE IS TO BE PROCURED
- CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX
- ERRATA
- WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT ON A GREATER SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1829 AND THE THREE FOLLOWING YEARS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, &c
- OF THE PURE LIME STONES AND THEIR MORTARS
- OF GYPSUM, ALABASTER OR PLASTER STONE
- OF THE WATER LIMES OR HYDRAULIC LIMES
- OF GROUTING
- OF MAGNESIAN LIMESTONES
- OF THE WATER CEMENTS OF ENGLAND ABSURDLY TERMED ROMAN CEMENTS
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL WATER CEMENTS, ON A SMALL SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, in 1829 and 1830
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT ON A GREATER SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1829 AND THE THREE FOLLOWING YEARS
- THE SUBJECT OF CONCRETE CONTINUED
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1836
- EXPERIMENTS ON THE COHESIVENESS OF VARIOUS STONES
- RULES FOR JUDGING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CEMENT SUPPLIED BY A MANUFACTURER
- RULE FOR JUDGING OF THE COMPARATIVE COHESIVE STRENGTH OF DIFFERENT SORTS OF CEMENT
- EXPERIMENTS BOTH WITH NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, TRIED IN 1837 AND 1838
- EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF CEMENT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PURPOSES IN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRACTICABLE WITH THE BEST LIME MORTARS
- GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTIONS
- THAT CEMENT, JUDICIOUSLY APPLIED, MAY DO AWAY THE NECESSITY OF TIMBER CHAIN BOND AND WOODEN LINTELS
- EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CEMENTS CONTINUED
- OF PUZZOLANA
- OF ARTIFICIAL PUZZOLANA
- EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL PUZZOLANA TRIED AT CHATHAM IN 1837
- DESCRIPTION AND PRESENT STATE OF THE COMMON AND FUZZOLANA MORTARS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCKS OF KINGSTON UPON HULL
- HASTY EXPERIMENTS TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1838, ON VARIOUS LIMES, LIME MORTARS & PUZZOLANA MORTARS
- OF THE COMPARATIVE ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENT AND OF WEIGHT, IN ESTIMATING THE ACTUAL QUANTITIES OF LIME, SAND AND PUZZOLANA, FOR COMMON AND HYDRAULIC MORTARS
- FOUR MODES OF MEASURING LIME
- EXPERIMENTS CONTINUED
- FARTHER EXPERIMENTS ON THE STRENGTH OF CEMENT JOINTS FOR CONNECTING LARGE STONES
- EXPERIMENTS TRIED AT CHATHAM ON THE RESISTANCE OF TWO BRICK BEAMS BUILT WITH NETT CEMENT
- FINAL RESISTANCE OF MESSRS. FRANCIS'S EXPERIMENTAL BRICK BEAM BEFORE DESCRIBED
- EXPERIMENTS CHIEFLY ON THE COMPARATIVE RESISTANCE OF YORKSHIRE STONE AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS
- FINAL REMARKS UPON THE RESISTANCE OF CEMENT JOINTS
- REMARKS ON TRASS
- DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS ADOPTED IN UNDERSETTING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW CUSTOM-HOUSE AT LONDON, AND OF A STOREHOUSE IN CHATHAM DODK-YARD
- PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY FOR PREVENTING SETTLEMENTS IN THE WALLS OF BUILDINGS ON CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS,&c
- FURTHER REMARKS ON MESSRS. FRANCIS'S BRICK BEAM
- RULES FOR MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, EQUAL IN EFFICIENCY TO THE BEST NATURAL WATER CEMENTS OF ENGLAND
- RULES FOR MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, WHEN ONLY HARD LIME STONE IS TO BE PROCURED
- CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX
- ERRATA
- WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
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- Observations on Limes, Calcareous Cements, Mortars, Stuccos, and ConcreteAnd on Puzzolanas, Natural and Artificial, pp. 62 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1838