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Joseph Aspdin |
patented the portland cement in 1824 |
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John Smeaton |
made the first modern day concrete (hydraulic cement) in 1756 . This led to the invention of the portland cement. In 1793 He built the Eddystone lighthouse in Cornwall, England w/ the use of hydraulic cement. |
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Joseph Monier |
obtained his first patent or 16 July 1867 , on iron-reinforced troughs for horticulture |
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François Coignet |
first to use iron- reinforced concrete as a technique for constructing building structures in 1853 |
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Ernest L. Ransome |
Managed a stone company in 1870s , first used reinforcing in 1887, & in 1884, patented a system using twisted square rods to help the development of bond between the concrete & reinforcing |
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André Le Nôtre |
laid out the radiating city plan of Versailles; which included the largest avenue yet seen in Europe, the Avenue de Paris. |
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Pierre Charles L'enfant |
Masterplan for Washington, D. C. |
