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.
Plaque commemorating Joseph Aspdin in the yard where he lived.
JosephAspdin (25 December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and stonemason who obtained the patent for Portland...
Aspdin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: JosephAspdin (1778–1855), English cement manufacturer William Aspdin (1815–1864), English...
other types of hydraulic lime in England in the early 19th century by JosephAspdin, and is usually made from limestone. It is a fine powder, produced by...
He has also been termed "an incorrigible liar and swindler".: 191 JosephAspdin, his father, is proven to have patented the method of cement manufacture...
However, Aspdins' cement was nothing like modern Portland cement but was a first step in its development, called a proto-Portland cement. JosephAspdins' son...
invented by Thomas Johann Seebeck 1824 – Portland cement patent issued to JosephAspdin 1825 – Metallic aluminum produced by Hans Christian Ørsted 1839 – Vulcanized...
(1732–1792) invented the spinning frame (also known as the water frame) JosephAspdin (1788–1855), Portland cement Roger Bacon (1214–1292), magnifying glass...
cheaper) oolitic limestone. The term, "Portland cement", was coined by JosephAspdin who in 1824 patented a hydraulic binder created by burning a mixture...
brigade in Britain, under the leadership of James Braidwood. October 21 – JosephAspdin patents Portland cement. November 5 – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
producing Portland cement was developed in England and patented by JosephAspdin in 1824. Aspdin chose the name for its similarity to Portland stone, which was...
instead, the practice was to hire German-trained chemists. In 1824 JosephAspdin, a British bricklayer turned builder, patented a chemical process for...
invented by Thomas Hancock (1786–1865). 1824: Portland cement patented by JosephAspdin (1778–1855). 1840: Electroplating process patented by George Elkington...
Early hydraulic cements, such as those of James Parker, James Frost and JosephAspdin were relatively soft and readily ground by the primitive technology...
what he called "British cement". Portland cement, patented in 1824 by JosephAspdin, was called so because it was supposed to resemble Portland stone. Aspdinís...
patents from 1811 to 1822 including one for "British Cement" and in 1824 JosephAspdin, a British bricklayer from Leeds, with his now famous patent for a method...
Artin (1889–1962), Armenia/Austria/Germany – modern abstract algebra JosephAspdin (1788–1855), UK – Portland cement John Vincent Atanasoff (1903–1995)...
the Royal Society with only one vote against him. October 21, 1824 – JosephAspdin patents Portland Cement. 1824 – The Panoramagram is developed, creating...
avoided the grinding of hard stone, and was employed by, among others, JosephAspdin. Early grinding technology was poor, and early slurries were made thin...
18th-century Angel Inn in a well-preserved Georgian square. It is where JosephAspdin first sold Portland cement. Blayd's Yard close to Leeds Bridge has Georgian...
Portland cement was developed in Northfleet, Kent, by William Aspdin, son of JosephAspdin. The development was to heat the ingredients to around 1450 °C...
17 – Humphry Davy, English chemist (died 1829) December 25 (bapt.) – JosephAspdin, English inventor (died 1855) Maria Dalle Donne, Bolognese physician...
in April 1846 when William Aspdin, son of JosephAspdin, its inventor, acquired Parker's works and built new kilns. Aspdin's works became Robins & Co in...
strain energy. In 1824, Portland cement was patented by the engineer JosephAspdin as "a superior cement resembling Portland Stone", British Patent no...
Carnot: described the Carnot cycle, the idealized heat engine. 1824: JosephAspdin develops Portland cement (concrete), by heating ground limestone, clay...
Bryan Donkin (born 1768), English engineer and inventor. March 20 – JosephAspdin (born 1778), English inventor. April 13 – Henry De la Beche (born 1796)...
equal to the natural "Roman" cement and similar to that produced by JosephAspdin in Wakefield.[citation needed] Among Pasley's works, besides the aforementioned...
Kiptopeke VA John Smeaton Apr-44 Afloat as a breakwater at Powell River BC JosephAspdin May-44 Wrecked and lost 1948 John Grant Jun-44 Sunk as a breakwater...
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