...imagined the ancients were acquainted with fome kind of mortar, which, in- companion of ours, might judly be called cement ; and that to our want of knowledge of the materials they ufed, is owing the great inferiority of modern buildings ¡r» their durability. In 1770, one M. Loriot,...

...imagined the ancients were acquainted with fome kind of mortar, whith, in companion of ours, might juftly be called cement; and that to our want of knowledge of the materials they ufed, is owing the great inferiority of modern buildings in their durability. In 1770, M. Loriot, a...

...serve only for a purpose similar to what is answered by sticks put into ' tar, which, in comparison of ours, might justly be called cement ; and that to...inferiority of modern buildings in their durability. In 1770, one M. Loriot, a Frenchman, pretended to have discovered the secret of the ancient cement,...

...imagined the ancients were acquainted with some kind of mortar, which, in comparison of ours, might jnstly be called cement ; and that to our want of knowledge of the materials they used, is owing the preat inferiority of modern buildings in their durability. Dr. Anderson, in his Essays on Ajriculture,...

...cohere so •trongly, that most people have imagined the ancients wert1 acquainted with some kind of justly be called cement; and that to our want of knowledge...inferiority of modern buildings in their durability. Dr. Anderson, in his Essays on Agriculture, has discussed this subject at conliderable length, and...

...of mortar which, in comparison with ours, might just ly be called cement; and that to our ignorance of the materials they used is owing the great inferiority...preparing their mortar more than on the nature of the materials used. The following observation will, we think, prove this beyond a possibility of doubt....