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earliest concrete yet discovered in europe was developed along the.... |
Danube River, Yugoslavia |
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Egyptians: mud and straw = gypsum and lime = |
bricks mortars |
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used by Babylonians and Assyrians |
Bitumen |
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The Greeks discovered a natural pozzolan on ... |
Santorini Island |
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Greek, "city of rock" |
Petra |
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Pliny reported a mortar mixture of .. |
1 part lime to 4 parts sand |
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Vitruvius reported a mortar mixture of... |
2 parts pozzolan to 1 part lime |
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is made of bound stones |
Porticus Aemelia |
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centermost of the seven hills |
Palatium |
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an ancient harbor built by.. |
herod the great |
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Roman Army built Aqueducts (dimensions) |
56 mile 44 in high, 30 in wide, 15 in walls |
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Pantheon dome dimension |
142 ft diameter |
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built concrete mixers in the form of shallow bowls |
Saxons |
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hidden fire in heated lime |
Joseph Moxon |
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hydraulic cement (stucco) |
Bry Higgins |
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hydraulic lime |
John Smeaton |
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hydraulic lime to rebuild ... |
eddystone Lighthouse in Cornwall,England |
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natural hydraulic cement |
James Parker |
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hydraulic mortars, stucco, and plaster |
Edgar Dobbs |
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artificial hydraulic lime |
Louis Vicat |
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hydraulic cement |
Maurice St. Leger |
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more hydraulic cement patents |
john tickell and abraham chambers |
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artificial hydraulic lime like vicat's |
james frost |
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portland cement |
joseph aspdin |
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credited with the first engineering app. of portland cement and structure |
i.k. brunel and thames tunnel |
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first cement testing held in .. |
germany |
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licensed to produce patented portland cement |
J.M. Mauder, Son and Co. |
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have burned the raw materials of portland cement to clinkering temperatures |
isaac johnson |
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performed the first accurate chemical analysis of portland cement |
pettenkofer and fuches |
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introduces jaw breakers |
blake stonebreaker |
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idea of iron reinforcing bars |
joseph monier |
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flower pots with wire |
william wand |
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first american patent for portland cement |
David Saylor |
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importance of using the hardest and densest portions of the clinker |
j. grant |
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replaced the vertical shaft kilns |
rotary kiln |
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oxide ratios |
henri le chatelier |
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what are the oxide ratios |
alite , tricalcium silicate belite, dicalcium silicate celite, tetracalcium aluminoferrite |
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first concrete reinforces bridge |
alvord lake bridge |
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addition of what as a retardant |
gypsum |
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first concrete street |
George bartholomew Bellefontaine, Ohio |
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hydrated metasillicates form gelatinous gel |
William Michaelis |
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first concrete high rise, how many stories |
the ingalls building , 16 |
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first concrete home and where |
Thomas Edison, Union, NJ |
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issued patent for rotary kiln |
thomas edison |
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first load of ready mix |
baltimore, ma |
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company to produce color for concrete |
Lynn Mason Scofield, L.M. Scofield |
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formulated a set of principle for the structures of complex silicates |
Dr. Linus Pauling |
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rsist against damage from freezing and thawing |
air entraining agents |
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largest scale concrete project, built along the colorado river bordering... and ... |
Hoover Dam Arizona and Nevada |
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patent for concrete overlay |
john crossfield |
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developed the Bomanite Process |
Brad Bowman |
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first concrete domed sports arena |
assembly hall |
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introduces as a way to strengthen concrete |
fiber reinforcement |
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toronto, canada, tallest slip form building |
CN tower |
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Chi, IL, tallest building was constructed |
Water Tower Palcae |
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father of the concrete countertops |
Buddy Rhodes |
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cast his first concrete countertop |
fu tung cheng |
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highest strength concrete in Seattle, WA |
Union Plaza |
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designed tge engrace-a-crete |
darrel adamson |
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tallest reinforced concrete building , how many stories |
311 South Wacker Drive, 65 story |
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first installation of a polished concrete floor in.. |
bellagio in LV |
