Cement houses and how to build them. . relative value of different sands in-tended for use they will often give mostvaluable and useful information. Thesetests described are, of course, crude in theextreme, but are vastly superior to notests at all, and should be of much assist-ance to the small user in securing good ma-terial. Insist on cement that will boil and set normally, and most of the dangers ofinferior cement will be avoided. Another simple method of testing bywhich the user may ascertain the sound-ness of the cement he purposes to use is asfollows: Make three cakes of cement,thicker
Cement houses and how to build them. . relative value of different sands in-tended for use they will often give mostvaluable and useful information. Thesetests described are, of course, crude in theextreme, but are vastly superior to notests at all, and should be of much assist-ance to the small user in securing good ma-terial. Insist on cement that will boil and set normally, and most of the dangers ofinferior cement will be avoided. Another simple method of testing bywhich the user may ascertain the sound-ness of the cement he purposes to use is asfollows: Make three cakes of cement,thicker in the middle than on the one to remain in moist air for twen-ty-four hours and then steam it four second cake should be exposed inmoist air and the third be immersed inwater. The results in the case of the sec-ond and third cakes should be noted at in-tervals during twenty-eight days. If thecement is sound it will not if it shows expansion cracks on theedges of any of the cakes it is not PART III. Concrete Block Architecture. Concerning the new architecture that theadoption of the building block and con-crete construction involve, William Price,in a paper read before the Association ofAmerican Portland Cement Manufactur-ers, said: In block building, whether of stone,brick or other material, the joints are theessential elements of building, and as suchshould become the essential elements ofdesign to be accentuated rather than hid-den, and in all good architectural designyou will find recognition of this fact, Con-crete is built with shovel and trowel, andits proper ornamentation should be eithercast in molds as built, or such as can berun or fashioned on the work, with the ad-dition of such color ornament as may beobtained by the use of terra cotta or otherprotecting material used as wall copings,roofs, piers, caps, etc., and such other flatcolor ornaments as may be produced withtiles, marble, glass or other material whichis eviden
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