Cement News tagged under: Joseph Aspdin
200th anniversary of the Portland cement patent21 October 2024, Published under Cement News200 years ago today, on 21 October 1824, the patent for Portland cement was granted to Joseph Aspdin (1778-1855), a bricklayer and inventor from Leeds, UK. The product was called Portland cement because of the resemblance of the hardened concrete to Portland stone, a limestone quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, UK. Portland cement, patented by Joseph Aspdin on 21 October 1824 Mr Aspdin, along with contemporaries including Louis Vicat (hydraulic limes), Isaac Johnson (s... |
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