Monier patents iron-reinforced cement
Joseph Monier, a French gardener, patents reinforced cement tubs and tanks - iron mesh embedded in cement mortar. It is not yet a structural system, but it is the first commercial expression of the idea that the tension a cementitious material cannot take can be handed to metal placed exactly where the tension occurs.
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Subjects
- Reinforced concrete · material class · France, then worldwide · not located
Evidence
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Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture
History of reinforced concrete as material and as architectural idea, covering Monier's patents from 1867 and the Hennebique framing system licensed from the 1890s. V55 verification basis: real and standard, not consulted in this session; the specific patent dates should be checked against a patent record before publication.
Peter Collins; first published 1959, reissued by McGill-Queen's University Press · 1959 · Partly verified
Collins, P., Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture, London, 1959; reissued McGill-Queen's University Press
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