Concrete, from archeology to invention, 1700-1769: The Renaissance of Pozzolana and Roman construction techniques /
Gargiani Roberto; translated from the Italian by Stephen Piccolo.
- Abingdon: EPFL Press, 2013.
- 399 p.; ill
- Treatise on concrete .
Chapter1. Fantastic archaeology and artificial stones -- Chapter2. Pozzolana, trass and lime for hydraulic construction --Chapter3. Major hydraulic works of the 1730s and 1740s --Chapter4. Apologia of Roman construction, from Soufflot to Piranesi to Winckelmann -- Chapter5. Caissons and hydraulic mortars in the 1750s --Chapter6. Pozzolanas and new cement compounds, from Cronstedt to Loriot -- Chapter7. Cement works in ports.