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Adbri, formerly Adelaide Brighton Cement, is an Australian manufacturer of cement, lime and dry blended products. Adbri operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in South Australia, the Northern Territory, and New South Wales. Associated brands and companies include Cockburn Cement, Sunstate Cement, Northern Cement, Independent Cement ...
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There are a number of masonic manuscripts that are important in the study of the emergence of Freemasonry.Most numerous are the Old Charges or Constitutions.These documents outlined a "history" of masonry, tracing its origins to a biblical or classical root, followed by the regulations of the organisation, and the responsibilities of its different grades.
Lime mortar or torching [1] [2] is a masonry mortar composed of lime and an aggregate such as sand, mixed with water. It is one of the oldest known types of mortar, used in ancient Rome and Greece , when it largely replaced the clay and gypsum mortars common to ancient Egyptian construction.
Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar . Some medieval cathedral walls have outer shells of ashlar with an inner backfill of mortarless rubble and dirt.
Because the masonry veneer is non-structural, it must be tied back to the building structure to prevent movement under wind and earthquake loads. Brick ties are used for this purpose, and may take the form of corrugated metal straps nailed or screwed to the structural framing, or as wire extensions to horizontal joint reinforcement in a fully masonry veneer or cavity wall.
The Inigo Jones Manuscript is an ancient document titled The Antient Constitution of the Free and Accepted Masons. Its creation is believed to have occurred around 1607, as mentioned on the title page, although some historians suggest a later date, around 1655, due to doubts regarding Inigo Jones (1573-1652) being its actual writer or illustrator.
Maroochydore (/ m ə ˈ r uː tʃ i d ɔːr / mə-ROO-chee-dor) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the urban area of Maroochydore had a population of 63,673 people. [1] The city was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Connor in 1903. The land was acquired ...