A NEW CONCRETE.
,Tlm ** Tatanakr flmtcet' says t* at. on :i-riATS-jit"- .inf the sujftfeatu r» matte t-v Sir hiliiw V*«,wi> tf;»t thtu w.n be mule ijft.cfcs fc\>r strtvL pave-m-'r,r.: , n ataantmfc »>f its sni»fH>a«:»t s«tta»tliiv, ilw iinUifji.!;iwul>t»-v Mr. K. JI. Pmith imm fur puttie iust l * cti«>n. a speeiiifH «»l conevete matte i.v Mr. D. Atkinson. Cta spK-'niK'n i;". e<'inipnse*i » v f five ports »>f ! s«i«vl or hivken «(■•♦>««. »>fte fart »>£ saw!. I nvi! one part »>? cumiifit. The cement wi-«& j-i niiulo li>y Mr. I>. Atkinson »<f uuiW'■ial tu bo foTintt in afmnthmeo in this Pr»v rinw, and which lias hewn tvstvtl in at! u>rts uf ways, ami |>r»ve*t to *>« of a ((Baity tM-juwl t(i> the taut I\«yttaml ev. turrit, t 4w>n.- i:j ton. ml irilarr.l • ►!? ♦ »»knr.» which s m hai'i t aa jtfpanite, an.t !>.• imilo np fi>v expuvt, as t>y Scr Julius i»r>'L in Modes thrve inch«s tlvicfc ami twelve inotuis ai|n:<'re, fc'«>r w. ich {impose thw cumuni now l>eiitit iua»te l»y Mr. D. !Ultins<>n wonttt be atl*iraf)ty »ite*l r as huvy F>e seen from inspect i»>n »f sample. Experiments nuule by iwett who thonjjfat the ivon sand W as sttggeste*! l>y Siv Julius aiul who h~ve mixed tiu! iri<ii sunit with Portland cement, have shown that the iron sand is of ft natoiv, mut that it nttic&ty (tries the {inturo out t>£ the Portland e.'ment. ar*d ii.iken it rotten. Et has also been fonsd hat. mateai! oE the iron sari J bein » rottgh in; 1 switabte the »piarp©Ke, it i* »f t«>o p>iuth and fine a characters-is neither phesivii or cohesive, aud is therefore usew &l making concrete blocks.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 6, 28 April 1876, Page 3
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270A NEW CONCRETE. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 6, 28 April 1876, Page 3
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