A Practical and Scientific Treatise on Calcareous Mortars and Cements, Artificial and Natural

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Section I. Various Limes, or Agents of Adhesion in Calcareous Mortars and Cements:
1. Of limestones, and the various limes they furnish
2. Calcination of limestone on the large scale
3. Of artificial hydraulic limes
4. Of the slaking of lime
5. Of the hydrates of lime, or solids resulting from the simple combination of water and lime
Section II. Various Ingredients Which Unite with Lime in the Preparation of Calcareous Mortars and Cements:
6. Of sands
7. Qualities of the ingredients mentioned in the preceding chapters
8. Manufacture of artificial pouzzolanas
9. Mutual suitableness of the ingredients
Section III. Combination of the Elements of Calcareous Mortars and Cements:
10. Mortars or cements intended for immersion
11. Mortars or cements constantly exposed to the weather
12. Mortars or cements subjected to the constant influence of a damp soil
13. Of the vicissitudes to which cements and mortars may be exposed
14. Influence of beating upon the resistance of mortars
15. Natural cements
16. Of ancient mortars compared with mortars of the middle ages
17. Theories of calcareous mortars and cements
Appendix
Tables
Index.

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