Word: cementing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...steel mills now make cement out of their "slag," which was formerly thrown away as waste. Gases arising from coal-burning, instead of being allowed to escape, are now distilled in by-product coke ovens, and yield petrol, benzol and other derivative products employed in explosives, dyes...
Liberia. My mission in this, my first visit to America, is to endeavor to cement the friendship between the two countries...
...foundation of the Great West Road is of 12 in. of stone or other hard substance, on which is placed 9 in. of cement and a wearing surface of 2 in. of rock asphalt. It is 120 ft. wide for most of its length and a space of approximately 25 ft. has been left for future widening. Footpaths run at either side and planting of trees 60 ft. apart has begun...
Trade Information. Under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law the Government prosecuted the Maple Floor Manufacturers Association and the Cement Manufacturers' Protective Association for conspiracy in restraint of trade, in that they gathered and disseminated among competitors certain information regarding their business. The lower courts upheld the Government's contention...
...Deal, England, steel skeletons of houses were arising last week, were being fleshed with compressed cork, tegumented with an inch and a half of concrete from "cement guns." Slow to burn, sound proof, cheap and quick to build with unskilled labor, 25% easier to heat than brick, stone or timber, the cork abodes were hailed as a solution of the housing problem in industrial areas...