hydraulic cement
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hydraulic cement
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The component parts are therefore hydraulic cement, sand and the broken stone or other coarse material commonly designated as the aggregate.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
To three parts of blast furnace slag are added one part of hydraulic cement and enough water to give the proper consistency.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various
When burnt and ground, and mixed with a due proportion of silicious sand, it has been found to make a most superior kind of hydraulic cement or water lime.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
Trass, tras, n. a volcanic earth used as a hydraulic cement.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Smith patented a method of preserving timber, by incasing it in vitrified earthenware pipes, and filling the space between the timber and the pipe with a grouting of hydraulic cement.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 by Various
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