. A practical treatise on natural and artificial concrete; its varieties and constructive adaptations . Fig. 25 shows some of the many ornamental and usefulforms made under the Victoria stone process. One of the most elaborate architectural productions turned 220 A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON CONCRETE. out by the Yictoria Stone Company is the clock tower ofMessrs. Peek, Frean, and Companys biscuit factory, atB6rmondsey, a panel of which is shown in Fig. 25. Before the adoption of the small aggregate it was custom-ary to make the surface and bottom of the paving slabsof finer stuff, introducing in th
. A practical treatise on natural and artificial concrete; its varieties and constructive adaptations . Fig. 25 shows some of the many ornamental and usefulforms made under the Victoria stone process. One of the most elaborate architectural productions turned 220 A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON CONCRETE. out by the Yictoria Stone Company is the clock tower ofMessrs. Peek, Frean, and Companys biscuit factory, atB6rmondsey, a panel of which is shown in Fig. 25. Before the adoption of the small aggregate it was custom-ary to make the surface and bottom of the paving slabsof finer stuff, introducing in the middle coarse and irregularlysized stones. That practice no longer prevails (unless inexceptional cases), for it is found that the more homogeneousand regular combination of small aggregates secures the bestqualities of density and good wearing texture. The moulds filled in the manner thus described areallowed to remain on the benches of the moulding shedsuntil the concrete has sufficiently set, and so much of thewater of plasticity evaporated as will permit the slabs toreceive the beneficial inf
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