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The name of the Leeds stonemason, Jo3cph Aspdin, who invented Portland cement and "made the whole world his debtor," does not figure in the Dictionary of National Biography, and it has been left to a group of Americans to rescue from oblivion, this Yorkshireman and to place.in his native city a memorial commemorating the centenary of his discovery. The unveiling of this tablet anticipated only by a few -weeks the 100 th anniversary of the grant of the patent on October. 216t,.1824.

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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 4

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Untitled Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 4

Untitled Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 4

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