William Aspdin, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 24 relations: Alite, Altona, Hamburg, Barnsley, Blue Circle Industries, Gateshead, Hamburg, Holstein, Isaac Charles Johnson, Itzehoe, James Parker (cement maker), Joseph Aspdin, Kent, Lägerdorf, Leeds, Limestone, Marc Isambard Brunel, Mortar (masonry), Northfleet, Portland cement, Rotherhithe, Scam, Stucco, Swanscombe, Thames Tunnel.

2. Businesspeople in cement

Alite

Alite is an impure form of tricalcium silicate,, sometimes formulated as (in cement chemist notation), typically with 3-4% of substituent oxides.

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Altona, Hamburg

Altona, also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough (Bezirk) of the German city state of Hamburg.

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Barnsley

Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England.

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Blue Circle Industries

Blue Circle Industries was a British public company manufacturing cement.

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Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Holstein

Holstein (Holsteen; Holsten; Holsatia) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider.

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Isaac Charles Johnson

Isaac Charles Johnson (28 January 1811 – 29 November 1911) was a British cement manufacturer, and a pioneer of the Portland cement industry. William Aspdin and Isaac Charles Johnson are 19th-century English businesspeople, Businesspeople in cement and concrete pioneers.

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Itzehoe

Itzehoe (Itzhoe) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.

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James Parker (cement maker)

James Parker was English businessman, clergyman, and inventor who invented one of the pioneering new cements of the late eighteenth century. William Aspdin and James Parker (cement maker) are Businesspeople in cement and concrete pioneers.

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Joseph Aspdin

Joseph Aspdin (25 December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and stonemason who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824. William Aspdin and Joseph Aspdin are Businesspeople in cement and concrete pioneers.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Lägerdorf

Lägerdorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Marc Isambard Brunel

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-British engineer who is most famous for the work he did in Britain.

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Mortar (masonry)

Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight of them evenly, and sometimes to add decorative colours or patterns to masonry walls.

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Northfleet

Northfleet is a town in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England.

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Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout.

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Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe is a district of South London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark.

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Scam

A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.

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Swanscombe

Swanscombe /ˈswɒnzkəm/ is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

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Thames Tunnel

The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping.

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See also

Businesspeople in cement

• Alfredo Fortabat
• Aliko Dangote
• Andrey Kirikov
• Edmund Wright Brooks
• Filaret Galchev
• Henry Fajemirokun
• Isaac Charles Johnson
• James Frost (cement maker)
• James Parker (cement maker)
• Joseph Aspdin
• Kim Suk-won (entrepreneur)
• Sutanto Djuhar
• William Aspdin
• William H. Milliken Jr.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aspdin

Also known as Aspdin, William.