July. 1 910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XVII 



Concrete 



Reinforced Concrete 

 and Concrete Building Blocks 



Scientific American Supplement 1343 con- 

 tains an article on concrete, by Brysson Cunning- 

 ham. The article clearly describes the proper 

 composition and mixture of concrete and gives 

 results of elaborate tests. 



Scientific American Supplement 15 38 



gives the proportion of gravel and sand to be 

 used in concrete. 



Scientific American Supplements lAG*, 

 1568, 1569, 1570, and 157 1 contain an 

 elaborate discussion by Lieut. Henry J. Jones of 

 the various systems of reinforcing concn te, coi - 

 Crete construction, and their applications. Thc^e 

 articles constitute a splendid text book on the 

 subject of reinforced concrete. Nothing better 

 has been published. 



Scientific American Supx>lement 997 con- 

 tains an article by Spencer Newberry in which 

 practical notes on the proper preparation of con- 

 crete are given. 



Scientific .4merican Supplements 156 8 and 

 1569 present a helpful account of the making of 

 concrete blocks by Spencer Newberry. 



Scientific American Supplement 1534 



gives a critical review of the engineering value 

 of reinforced concrete. 



Scientific American Supplements 1547 

 and 1548 give a resume in which the various 

 systems of reinforced concrete construction are 

 discussed and illustrated. 



Scientific American Supplement 1564 con- 

 tains an article by Lewis A. Hicks, in which the 

 merits and defects of reinforced concrete are 

 analyzed. 



Scientific American Supplement 1551 con- 

 tains the principles of reinforced concrete with 

 some practical illustrations bv Walter L,oring 

 Webb. 



Scientific American Supplement 1573 con- 

 tains an article by Louis H. Gibson on the prin- 

 ciples of success in concrete block manufacture, 

 illustrated. 



Scientific American Supplement 1574 dis- 

 cusses steel for reinforced concrete. 



Scientific American Supplrnu-iitH 1575, 



1576, and J 577 contain a paper by Philip L 

 Wormier. Jr . on cement, mortar and concrete, 

 their preparation and use for farm purposes 1 he 

 paper exhaustively discus.ses the making cf mor- 

 tar and concrete, depositing of concrete, facing 

 concrete, wood forms, concrete sidewalks, details 

 of construction of reinforced concrete posts. 



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