Concrete Series
The Concrete Series was a series of books about the use of concrete in construction that was published by Concrete Publications Limited of Dartmouth Street, London, from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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The Concrete Series was a book series about the use of concrete in construction that was published by Concrete Publications Limited of Dartmouth Street, London, from the 1930s to the 1960s.[1]
The series was published at a time when concrete was increasingly being used in building design and for public works such as road building. The series ran to in excess of 35 titles.[2]
Later, the series was continued by the Cement and Concrete Association and Spon Press, part of Taylor & Francis group.
Titles[edit]
This is an incomplete list of titles in the series:
- Arch design simplified. W.A. Fairhurst, 1946.
- Concrete farm silos, granaries and tanks. A.M. Pennington, 1942.
- Concrete surface finishes, renderings and terrazzo. W.S. Gray & H.L. Childe, 1935. (2nd revised edition 1943)
- Design of arch roofs. J.S. Terrington, 1937.
- Design of domes. J.S. Terrington, 1937. (Reprinted from Concrete and Constructional Engineering)
- Design of pyramid roofs. J.S. Terrington, 1939.
- Prestressed concrete designer's handbook, P.W. Abeles and F.H. Turner, 1962.
- Reinforced concrete chimneys. C. Percy Taylor & Leslie Turner, 1940.
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