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Hydraulic lime

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quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc.

See also: Hydraulic



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For mortar, he used the local clay and natural hydraulic lime, the binding stuff of stonemasonry going back to the Roman aqueducts, he said.
Modern hydraulic cements started to be developed with the beginning of the industrial revolution (around 1700), led by the three principal needs: Hydraulics returns for the buildings of brick completion in wet climates * the mortars to hydraulic lime for the construction of masonry of the port functions etc, in contact with sea water.
 
 
 
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