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Joseph Aspdin (25
December 1778 – 20
March 1855) was an
English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and
stonemason who
obtained the
patent for Portland...
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William Aspdin (23
September 1815 – 11
April 1864) was an
English cement manufacturer, and a
pioneer of the
Portland cement industry. He is considered...
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types of
hydraulic lime in
England in the
early 19th
century by
Joseph Aspdin, and is
usually made from limestone. It is a fine powder,
produced by heating...
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Aspdin is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Joseph Aspdin (1778–1855),
English cement manufacturer William Aspdin (1815–1864), English...
- However,
Aspdins'
cement was
nothing like
modern Portland cement but was a
first step in its development,
called a proto-Portland cement.
Joseph Aspdins' son...
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addition to the city centre, the
communities of Allensville, Ashworth,
Aspdin,
Britannia Road, Canal, Centurion, Etwell, Gr****mere,
Hidden Valley, Hoodstown...
- instead, the
practice was to hire German-trained chemists. In 1824
Joseph Aspdin, a
British bricklayer turned builder,
patented a
chemical process for making...
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Portland cement was
developed in
England and
patented by
Joseph Aspdin in 1824.
Aspdin chose the name for its
similarity to
Portland stone,
which was quarried...
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Portland cement was
developed in Northfleet, Kent, by
William Aspdin, son of
Joseph Aspdin. The
development was to heat the
ingredients to
around 1450 °C...
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Aspdin's son
William improved their cement,
which was
initially called "Patent
Portland cement,"
although he had no patent. In 1848,
William Aspdin further...
