D. B. Butler — Portland Cement: Its Manufacture, Testing and Use

London, E. & F. N. Spon, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce commentary on Portland Cerement and its uses. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with eighty-five in-text figures. A detailed and comprehensive study of Portland cement, the most common type of cement in use around the world, as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. It was developed from other types of hydraulic lime in England in the early nineteenth century by Joseph Aspdin. With chapters on its manufacture, the testing process, variable uses, and analysis. Written by D. B. Butler, a British Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Chemic Society, and Member of Council of the Society of Engineers. With the publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. The odd pencil annotation. Light age toning to the endpapers with an ink stamp to the half-title. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .