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Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c. (open access)

Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c.

Patent for creating brick, tile and other material using hydraulic cement and magnesian lime-stone.
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Hunt, Henrey Hardon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for the Construction of Concrete Abutments, Bridge Piers, &c. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for the Construction of Concrete Abutments, Bridge Piers, &c.

Patent for a new and improved method of making béton concrete. This design "consists of a method of building piers and abutments in a monolithic character of cement, sand, and broken stone or gravel, called 'béton concrete,' by laying the same in sectional molds contrived to add successive sections to the molds as the height of the structure increases, the molds being supported against the lateral pressure upon the sides by rods passing through the structure, and being removable when the material solidifies" (lines 8-18).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Burns, James
System: The Portal to Texas History