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Meanings of hydraulic cement in English

Portuguese
cimento portland
Spanish
cemento hidráulico
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A cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result.

cimento portland
Usage of hydraulic cement in English
1
At least a score of varieties of hydraulic cement are listed in the classifications of cement technologists.
Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
2
The island of Santorin from whence the pozzolano is supplied for hydraulic cement, is only three days distant.
Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
3
The component parts are therefore hydraulic cement, sand and the broken stone or other coarse material commonly designated as the aggregate.
Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
4
To three parts of blast furnace slag are added one part of hydraulic cement and enough water to give the proper consistency.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886
5
It was upon this wheel that the foundations of the masonry were placed, the hydraulic cement of which joined the stones solidly together.
The Moon-Voyage
6
Upon this wheel rested the first layers of the masonry, the stones of which were bound together by hydraulic cement, with irresistible tenacity.
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
7
The locks are built similar to those on the new Lachine and Welland canals, of the very best cut stone masonry, laid in hydraulic cement.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
8
Practical Treatise on Limes, Hydraulic Cements, and Mortars.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 / A Maga...
9
This outer covering dries as quickly as do our hydraulic cements; and the nest is now almost as hard as a stone.
The Mason-Bees
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