Excerpt from Concrete for Town and Country: A Service Book of Information for Those Interested in Permanent Improvement in Town and Country Part one is a collection of photographs of actual uses of concrete. It shows the possibilities of concrete in town and country. Part two supplies practical information on the uses of concrete. By details and suggestion it gives the prospective builder a clear conception of good practice. Included with these details are tables which show the materials necessary. Quantity of cement is often referred to in barrels. As four sacks make one barrel, these two designations should not be confused. Five barrels of cement equal twenty sacks. Sand and stone are usually sold by the ton. The references are in cubic yards due to the variation in weights of different aggregates. Part three explains the fundamental principles of concrete and the proper use of cement. Tables have been included for convenience and the spirit of lehigh service has been incorporated wit'h the idea of guiding to best results the users of lehigh - the National Cement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.