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
EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF CEMENT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PURPOSES IN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRACTICABLE WITH THE BEST LIME MORTARS
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. 157 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1838