Portland Cement: the whole path

  1. 1
    Tools & MakingI

    Stone Tools

    The first cutting edge

    3.3 Mya

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Fire & ShelterI

    Rope & Cordage

    Twisted fibres that hold the world

    50,000 years ago

  4. 4
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    18,000 years ago

    needs 2

  5. 5
    Building & CitiesII

    Lime and lime mortar

    Burnt stone that turns back to stone

    10,000 years ago

    needs 1, 2

  6. 6
    Building & CitiesII

    Bricks

    Standard blocks of earth

    c. 7,500 BCE

  7. 7
  8. 8
    Building & CitiesIII

    Roman Concrete

    Lime, volcanic ash and rubble

    c. 200 BCE

    needs 2, 5, 6

  9. 9
    Building & CitiesIV

    Portland Cement

    The binder that hardens under water

    1824

    Goal · needs 5, 7, 8


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