11. Concrete
N E Pelouze. Art de Fabriquer en Pierre Factice Très-Dure et Susceptible de Recevoir le Poli, &c. London, 1907.
(p) H H Fox & George Barrett. An Improved Method of Constructing the Floors, Ceilings and Roofs of Buildings(paper read at the Society of Arts, 19 December 1849). London 1850. Inscribed by W Wyatt to Lewis Cubitt (the distinguished architect). The system described was patented in 1844, and is regarded as a pioneering step towards the development of reinforced concrete. See Peter Collins, Concrete: the Vision of a New Architecture.London 1959, p 29.
O S Fowler. A Home for All, or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building. New York 1854 [1848]. Two copies.
O S Fowler. Human Science: or, Phrenology, &c. New York 1873. Includes under Part VI, 'Phrenology Applied', a discussion of Fowler's gravel wall and octagon method of building.
(p) Leonard Beckwith. Report on Béton-Coignet, its Fabrication and Uses. [Paris Universal Exhibition 1867, Report of the United States Commissioners] Washington 1868.
Henry Reid. Natural and Artificial Concrete. London 1879 [1869].
(p) Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1891, extract including H K Bamber, ‘Portland Cement: its Manufacture, Use, and Testing’; A E Carey, ‘The Inspection of Portland Cement for Public Works’; William Smith, ‘The Influence of Sea Water upon Portland Cement Mortar and Concrete’; discussion, correspomdence.
Thomas Potter. Concrete: its Use in Building. New ed, 2 vols, London no date, c 1894 [1877]. Two volumes bound as one.
Atlas Portland Cement Co. Concrete Construction about the Home and on the Farm. Revised edition, New York 1909 [1905].
M H Lewis & A H Chandler. Popular Hand Book for Cement and Concrete Users. New York 1911.
Riverside Portland Cement Company. Good Concrete: a Manual for the Rational Use of Portland Cement. Los Angeles 1914.
Lehigh Portland Cement Company. Concrete for Town and Country. Allentown [Pennsylvania] 1922. [Link]
International Correspondence Schools. Concrete Products Parts 1-2. Scranton [Pennsylvania], no date [c 1919]. Includes concrete blocks.
Portland Cement Association. Concrete in Architecture. Chicago 1927. Copy owned by Frank N Heath. [Link]
Winget 1924 Limited. The Winget 32" Concrete Block & Slab Making Machine. Winget 1924 Limited, London, no date [c 1925].
E W Hobbs. Concrete for Amateurs. London 1929.
Samuel Baker & A De Groot. Cements, Concrete and Mortar [former ICS series]. Scranton [Pennsylvania], no date [c 1931]. Comprises two monographs: Cements and Aggregates and Concrete and Mortar.
H L Childe. Manufacture and uses of Cast Concrete Products and Cast Stone. 3rd ed, London 1927.
R H Baumgarten & H L Childe. Manufacture of Concrete Roofing Tiles. 2nd ed, London 1947 [1931].
The Concrete Proofing Co Ltd. Gunite: a Handbook on Cement Gun Work. London 1934. [Link]
Oscar Faber & H L Childe. The Concrete Year Book 1949. London 1949.
(p) Finishes for Interior Concrete Floors [Cement and Concrete Association]. London 1949. [Link]
George Wimpey & Co Limited. No-Fines Concrete: a Record of Permanent Structures built in the New Tradition. London, no date [c 1954].
United States, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Concrete Manual. 6th ed, Department of the Interior, Denver [Colorado] 1956. [Link]
Charles Dobson. The History of the Concrete Roofing Tile. Its Origins and Development in Germany. London 1959. [Link]
Concrete Houses
(f) Norman Shaw. Sketches for Cottages and Other Buildings designed to be constructed in the patent cement slab system of W.H. Lascelles. London [1878].
W A Radford. Cement Houses and How to Build Them. Chicago 1908.
M M Sloan. The Concrete House and its Construction. Philadelphia 1912.
O C Hering. Concrete and Stucco Houses. New York 1912. [Link]
Albert Lakeman. Concrete Cottages, Small Garages and Farm Buildings. London 1918. [Link]
Albert Lakeman. Concrete Homes and Small Garages. 4th ed, London 1949 (1918). [Link]
see also
(sec 6) Dobson, Foundations and Concrete Works (sec 12) Marsh & Dunn, Reinforced Concrete and Concrete Block (sec 25) Blackburne, Suburban and Rural Architecture, for concrete buildings, including Tall's system (sec 27) Perrott, Concrete Homes (sec 38) Boyd, No-Fines Concrete Swan Portland, Cement Concrete [Knox], South Gippsland Quarries (sec 39) Eldridge, Concrete and Cement Work Recommended Code for Precast Concrete Wall Slabs 'Domus', Cement and Concrete for the Handyman