Observations on Limes, Calcareous Cements, Mortars, Stuccos, and Concrete: And on Puzzolanas, Natural and Artificial

Charles William Pasley

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107280731

An officer in the Royal Engineers, Sir Charles William Pasley (1780–1861) wrote on matters ranging from military sieges to architecture. In this substantial work, first published in 1838, he outlines the experimentally determined properties of various building materials, with a view to their practical application. Offering guidance on how to decide between different calcareous mortars and cements, Pasley discusses how to judge their comparative strengths. Heeding advice from the Institution of Civil Engineers, he made this work a broad overview, rather than simply focusing on his special area of interest: natural and artificial cements. His research on cements led to the large-scale manufacture of products such as Portland, patent lithic, and blue lias. Pasley discusses the research of other authors in the appendix. Also reissued in this series, in English translation, is Louis-Joseph Vicat's Practical and Scientific Treatise on Calcareous Mortars and Cements, Artificial and Natural (1837).

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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PREFACE
pp iii-xvi
- By Charles William Pasley
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, &c
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OF THE PURE LIME STONES AND THEIR MORTARS
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OF GYPSUM, ALABASTER OR PLASTER STONE
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OF THE WATER LIMES OR HYDRAULIC LIMES
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OF GROUTING
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OF MAGNESIAN LIMESTONES
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OF THE WATER CEMENTS OF ENGLAND ABSURDLY TERMED ROMAN CEMENTS
pp 29-43
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EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL WATER CEMENTS, ON A SMALL SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, in 1829 and 1830
pp 43-62
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EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT ON A GREATER SCALE, TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1829 AND THE THREE FOLLOWING YEARS
pp 62-84
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THE SUBJECT OF CONCRETE CONTINUED
pp 84-91
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EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL CEMENT TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1836
pp 91-122
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EXPERIMENTS ON THE COHESIVENESS OF VARIOUS STONES
pp 122-123
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RULES FOR JUDGING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CEMENT SUPPLIED BY A MANUFACTURER
pp 123-124
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RULE FOR JUDGING OF THE COMPARATIVE COHESIVE STRENGTH OF DIFFERENT SORTS OF CEMENT
pp 125-145
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EXPERIMENTS BOTH WITH NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CEMENT, TRIED IN 1837 AND 1838
pp 145-157
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EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF CEMENT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PURPOSES IN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRACTICABLE WITH THE BEST LIME MORTARS
pp 157-167
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTIONS
pp 167-169
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THAT CEMENT, JUDICIOUSLY APPLIED, MAY DO AWAY THE NECESSITY OF TIMBER CHAIN BOND AND WOODEN LINTELS
pp 169-170
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EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CEMENTS CONTINUED
pp 170-180
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OF PUZZOLANA
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OF ARTIFICIAL PUZZOLANA
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EXPERIMENTS ON ARTIFICIAL PUZZOLANA TRIED AT CHATHAM IN 1837
pp 188-190
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DESCRIPTION AND PRESENT STATE OF THE COMMON AND FUZZOLANA MORTARS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCKS OF KINGSTON UPON HULL
pp 190-200
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HASTY EXPERIMENTS TRIED AT CHATHAM, IN 1838, ON VARIOUS LIMES, LIME MORTARS & PUZZOLANA MORTARS
pp 200-206
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OF THE COMPARATIVE ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENT AND OF WEIGHT, IN ESTIMATING THE ACTUAL QUANTITIES OF LIME, SAND AND PUZZOLANA, FOR COMMON AND HYDRAULIC MORTARS
pp 206-209
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FOUR MODES OF MEASURING LIME
pp 209-223
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EXPERIMENTS CONTINUED
pp 223-232
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