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Definition of Pozzolanas
1. pozzolana [n] - See also: pozzolana
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pozzolanas
| poyses poysing poyson poysoned poysoning poysons poz pozole pozoles pozz | pozzie pozzies pozzolan pozzolana pozzolanas (current term) pozzolanic pozzolans pozzuolana pozzy pp. | ppbv ppm ppmv ppq ppt ppts pr*ck pr*cks |
Literary usage of Pozzolanas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Telegraph Construction: The Mechanical Elements of Electric by John Christie Douglas (1875)
"Common mortar may be made hydraulic by mixing with it pozzolanas: these are
mixtures of burnt clay and silica containing little or no lime, and are natural ..."
2. Cement, Concrete and Bricks by Alfred Broadhead Searle (1914)
"pozzolanas are not true cements, but only become so when mixed with lime and water.
The raw materials composing pozzolanas are, essentially, ..."
3. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"The natural pozzolanas, in the hands of ancient architects, larras in the bands
of media-vai architects, have played too important parts to have escaped the ..."
4. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1907)
"... or other pozzolanas of proper composition, be mixed with Portland cement
subsequent to the burning, the hydrate of lime which separates from the cement ..."
5. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1907)
"Following a similar reasoning, Dr. Wm. Michaelis has advanced the theory that if
trass, or other pozzolanas of proper composition, be mixed with Portland ..."
6. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1907)
"Dr. Wm. Michaelis has advanced the theory that if trass, or other pozzolanas of
proper composition, be mixed with Portland cement subsequent to the burning, ..."
7. Cement and Concrete by Louis Carlton Sabin (1904)
"Michaelis has advanced the theory that if trass, or other pozzolanas of proper
composition, be mixed with Portland cement subsequent to the burning, ..."
8. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1806)
"Large blocks were accordingly made of both pozzolanas, and immersed in the
reservoir of Saint Roch, at Castelnaudary. Coatings were also made of it; ..."
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