﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXI 
  

  

  Cement 
  Concrete 
  

  

  Reinforced 
  Concrete 
  

   Concrete 
  Building 
  Blocks 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   : 
  543 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  on 
  Concrete, 
  by 
  

   Brysson 
  Cunningham. 
  The 
  article 
  clearly 
  

   describes 
  the 
  proper 
  composition 
  and 
  mixture 
  

   of 
  concrete 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  elaborate 
  

   tests. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   !538 
  gives 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  gravel 
  and 
  sand 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  concrete. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1567, 
  1568, 
  1569, 
  1570, 
  and 
  1571 
  contain 
  an 
  

   elaborate 
  discussion 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  Henry 
  J. 
  Jones 
  

   of 
  the 
  various 
  systems 
  of 
  reinforcing 
  con- 
  

   crete, 
  concrete 
  construction, 
  and 
  their 
  appli- 
  

   cations. 
  These 
  articles 
  constitute 
  a 
  splendid 
  

   text 
  book 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  reinforced 
  con- 
  

   crete. 
  Nothing 
  better 
  has 
  been 
  published. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   997 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Spencer 
  Newberry 
  

   in 
  which 
  practical 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  proper 
  prepa- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  concrete 
  are 
  given. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1568 
  and 
  1569 
  present 
  a 
  helpful 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  making 
  of 
  concrete 
  blocks 
  by 
  Spencer 
  

   Newberry. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   J 
  534 
  gives 
  a 
  critical 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  engineer- 
  

   ing 
  value 
  of 
  reinforced 
  concrete. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1547 
  and 
  1548 
  give 
  a 
  resume 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   various 
  systems 
  of 
  reinforced 
  concrete 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  are 
  discussed 
  and 
  illustrated. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1564 
  and 
  1565 
  contain 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Lewis 
  

   A. 
  Hicks, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  merits 
  and 
  defects 
  

   of 
  reinforced 
  concrete 
  are 
  analyzed. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1 
  55 
  1 
  contains 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  reinforced 
  

   concrete 
  with 
  some 
  practical 
  illustrations 
  by 
  

   Walter 
  Loring 
  Webb. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

  

  1573 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Louis 
  H. 
  Gibson 
  

   on 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  success 
  in 
  concrete 
  block 
  

   manufacture, 
  illustrated. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

  

  1574 
  discusses 
  steel 
  for 
  reinforced 
  concrete. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   '575., 
  1576, 
  and 
  1577 
  contain 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  

   Philip 
  L. 
  Wormley, 
  Jr., 
  on 
  cement 
  mortar 
  

   and 
  concrete, 
  their 
  preparation 
  and 
  use 
  for 
  

   farm 
  purposes. 
  The 
  paper 
  exhaustively 
  dis- 
  

   cusses 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  mortar 
  and 
  concrete, 
  

   depositing 
  of 
  concrete, 
  facing 
  concrete, 
  wood 
  

   forms, 
  concrete 
  sidewalks, 
  details 
  of 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  reinforced 
  concrete 
  posts, 
  etc. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1372 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  A. 
  D. 
  Elbers 
  on 
  

   tests 
  and 
  constitution 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1396 
  discusses 
  the 
  testing 
  of 
  cement. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1325 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Professor 
  Will- 
  

   iam 
  K. 
  Hatt 
  giving 
  an 
  historical 
  sketch 
  of 
  

   slag 
  cement. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   955 
  and 
  1042 
  give 
  good 
  accounts 
  of 
  cement 
  

   testing 
  and 
  composition, 
  by 
  the 
  well-known 
  

   authority, 
  Spencer 
  B. 
  Newberry. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1 
  510 
  and 
  1511 
  present 
  a 
  discussion 
  by 
  

   Clifford 
  Richardson 
  on 
  the 
  constitution 
  of 
  

   Portland 
  cement 
  from 
  a 
  physico-chemical 
  

   standpoint. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1 
  5 
  19 
  contains 
  an 
  essay 
  by 
  R. 
  C. 
  Carpenter 
  

   on 
  experiments 
  with 
  materials 
  which 
  retard 
  

   the 
  activity 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1465 
  and 
  1466 
  publishes 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Edison 
  Portland 
  ce- 
  

   ment 
  works, 
  describing 
  the 
  machinery 
  used. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1491 
  gives 
  some 
  fallacies 
  of 
  tests 
  ordinarily 
  

   applied 
  to 
  Portland 
  cement. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1 
  56 
  1 
  presents 
  an 
  excellent 
  review 
  by 
  Brysson 
  

   Cunningham 
  of 
  mortars 
  and 
  cements. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   '533 
  contains 
  a 
  resume 
  of 
  the 
  cement 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  and 
  gives 
  some 
  valuable 
  formulae. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1575 
  discusses 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  hydraulic 
  

   cement. 
  L. 
  L. 
  Stone 
  is 
  the 
  author. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENTS 
  

   1587 
  and 
  1588 
  contain 
  an 
  able 
  paper 
  by 
  

   Edwin 
  C. 
  Eckel 
  on 
  cement 
  material 
  and 
  

   industry 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1586 
  contains 
  a 
  review 
  of 
  concrete 
  mixing 
  

   machinery 
  by 
  William 
  L. 
  Larkin. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   '583 
  gives 
  valuable 
  suggestions 
  on 
  the 
  selec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Portland 
  cement 
  for 
  concrete 
  blocks. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   1581 
  splendidly 
  discusses 
  concrete 
  aggre- 
  

   gates. 
  A 
  helpful 
  paper. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  AMERICAN 
  SUPPLEMENT 
  

   '595 
  presents 
  a 
  thorough 
  discussion 
  of 
  sand 
  

   for 
  mortar 
  and 
  concrete, 
  by 
  Sanford 
  E. 
  

   Thomson. 
  

  

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