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Architecture | | Czech term or phrase: posolit | | Ve 2. polovině 16. století a po roce 1600 doznal renesanční úpravy. Na fasádě upoutá mělký posolit a renesanční klenby v přízemí. |
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| | English translation:Pozzolith | Explanation:
In Rome he finds one of the “secrets” of Roman vaulting, the pozzolith or pozzolana, a volcanic ash that was extensively used in Roman times but seemed to be forgotten in the succeeding centuries. This material is similar to Portland cement as it binds masonry together stronger and cures faster than plain mortar that is made of sand, quicklime powder and water. He also studies the largest dome structure at the time, the Pantheon, built between 118 and 128 AD and spans 142’. Among other Roman buildings and ruins he also studied the eight sided dome structures, such as the Domus Aurea, Nero’s “Golden House” with a 35’ diameter dome.
http://architecture-as-space.info/inspired/Florence_the_Dome...
Pozzolith, the Roman concrete, as used in the dome of the Pantheon
http://www.filepie.us/?title=Baroque_architecture_in_Portuga...
POZZOLITH STANDARD is a powerful plasticizer which deflocculates and disperses the cement particles within a concrete mix. It can be used to improve workability, without the addition of extra water, or to allow reductions in the free water content of the concrete mix.
http://www.saudi-basf.com/en/products/Admixturesforconcrete/...
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Explanation:
In Rome he finds one of the “secrets” of Roman vaulting, the pozzolith or pozzolana, a volcanic ash that was extensively used in Roman times but seemed to be forgotten in the succeeding centuries. This material is similar to Portland cement as it binds masonry together stronger and cures faster than plain mortar that is made of sand, quicklime powder and water. He also studies the largest dome structure at the time, the Pantheon, built between 118 and 128 AD and spans 142’. Among other Roman buildings and ruins he also studied the eight sided dome structures, such as the Domus Aurea, Nero’s “Golden House” with a 35’ diameter dome.
http://architecture-as-space.info/inspired/Florence_the_Dome...
Pozzolith, the Roman concrete, as used in the dome of the Pantheon
http://www.filepie.us/?title=Baroque_architecture_in_Portuga...
POZZOLITH STANDARD is a powerful plasticizer which deflocculates and disperses the cement particles within a concrete mix. It can be used to improve workability, without the addition of extra water, or to allow reductions in the free water content of the concrete mix.
http://www.saudi-basf.com/en/products/Admixturesforconcrete/...
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Note added at 3 days4 hrs (2010-05-15 18:46:05 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome!
| Hannah Geiger
Local time: 16:59
Native speaker of:  Czech
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