pozzolana
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pozzolana
1905–10; < Italian < Latin puteolāna, feminine of puteolānus of Pozzuoli (< Latin Puteolī literally, little springs); see -an
Example Sentences
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But its peculiar interest is, that it affords at one point a marked example of the connection of an arenarium, or pit from which pozzolana was extracted, with the streets of the cemetery itself.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 by Various
Not only the walls but the vaults were built in this pozzolana concrete, and formed one solid mass.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
The pozzolana is the material required for building purposes, for admixture with mortar; and the sandpits are naturally excavated in the stratum which supplies it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The quarries contain building materials, such as marble and pozzolana, which is Roman cement almost ready-made.
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
In 1880-82 a third and deeper network of galleries was excavated for the sake of extracting the pozzolana, the beds of which support the tufa and the catacombs excavated in it.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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