Excerpt from Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture The presence of lime mortar between the stones forming the ruins of an ancient temple on the island of Cyprus indicates that even primitive man recognized the advantage of using some type of binding or cementing material in building stone structures. Lime mortar, as far as is known, was the first material to be used for this purpose. One by one other types of mortars and cements were invented. The chief types of cements now used are hydraulic lime, natural cement, puzzolan cement, and Portland cement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.