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Cement houses and how to build them. (1908)

William A. Radford · Radford Architectural Company · leaf 10

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rposes to use is asfollows: Make three cakes of cement,thicker in the middle than on the edges.Allow one to remain in moist air for twen-ty-four hours and then steam it four hours.The second cake should be exposed inmoist air and the third be immersed inwater. The results in the case of the sec-ond… … PART III. Concrete Block Architecture. Concerning the new architecture that theadoption of the building block and con-crete construction involve, William Price,in a paper read before the Association ofAmerican Portland Cement Manufactur-ers, said: In block building, whether of stone,brick or other…

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