Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Joseph Aspdin
Standard Name: Aspdin, Joseph
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June 1824: Bricklayer Joseph Aspdin, of Briggate near...
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June 1824
Bricklayer Joseph Aspdin
, of Briggate near Leeds, patented cement which he called Portland cement or artificial stone.
The name came from the well-known stone quarries on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
