This catalogue page has our recommended books on basic limemaking, the history of using lime as an important building material, and the use of
lime in masonry construction of building and other structures. Lime mortar is an important building material in restoring important older building.
Lime, or calcium carbonate, is a remarkable and versatile material with a long tradition of use in a wide variety of industries besides the building trades.
These other important uses include farming and agriculture, sugar manufacture, making paper, glass production, chemicals, and making quality steel. The
manufacture of lime is simple and economical even on a smale scale. Lime has been used in building construction since the earliest civilzations and was
used widely used by the Roman builders. However, in the twentieth century it was replaced by Portland cement for mortars, and by gypsum for plasters,
although for many applications a lime-cement composite mortar is still preferred and used.
The craft of lime making is an old skill that has been recently revived. We have chosen the books on this catalogue page as guide books that teach
lime producers the traditional methods of lime making.
The methods and procedures for using lime mortar in the restoration of building and the building of new ones is covered in some of these books.
These books contain thorough detailed instructions, step-by-step procedures and technical methods. Coverage includes selecting proper materials and
using tools and equipment.
In addition, several of these books serve as essential reference books for the lime and limestone industries and for the many industries that they serve.
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-Michael Wingate, Editor / Paperback 144 pages / Published November 1985
This practical comprehensive handbook by Intermediate Technology draws upon the knowledge of practisioners and experts in the manufacture of lime. Presents
the basic procedures and established practices for producing lime. Covers the raw materials required, fuels used to make lime, the kinds of kilms and their
operations, and an evaluation of the economical considerations of lime making. This book is essential reading and reference for existing lime-burners, and
for those persons considering beginning lime-burning projects, and for those persons advising workers.
One goal of the author of this manual is to promote a steady growth in the induatry, and to inform others of the manufacture and use of this excellent
and ancient material.
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-Kelvin Mason, Neville Hill, Otto Ruskulis / Paperback 105 pages / Published November 1999
This book by Intermediate Technology presents the basic procedures and established practices for producing lime on a small scale. This manual covers in depth the design, construction, and operation of a particular type of lime kiln: a continuous, natural draft, mixed feed, vertical shaft kiln. The book focuses on small-scale production and is aimed at lime-burners, technologists
and field workers in developing countries, as well as those interested in burning lime on any scale.
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-Stafford Holmes, Michael Wingate / Paperback 309 pages / Published November 2002
An excellent book that covers the essentials of building with lime, repairing building with lime mortar and includes good practical information on the
skills involved in masonry construction.
Architects, engineers, constractors, and others involved in using lime as a building material will find this book a useful reference.
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-Robert S. Boynton / Hardcover 578 pages, 2nd edition / Published January 1980
This second edition, like the first edition, is considered to be the "bible" of the lime and limestone industry.
This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative study of the subject, an indispensable reference text for chemists,
engineers, and researchers, as well as designers of plants and equipment for both this industry and the many others.
Extensive technological developments, which are largely the result of environmental impact and energy constraints,
inflation, and industry growth, have created the need for this new, updated version. This edition has been so drastically
revised and rewritten as to become virtually a new book. It surveys the technological state-of-the-art worldwide,
particularly in the U.S., Germany, and Japan. Like the first edition, its emphasis is less on theory than on such
practical considerations as the extraction and manufacture of lime and limestone, uses, and applications. And unlike
many other technical books, it offers valuable insights into the personality of the industry and its problems and limitations,
its statistical trends, and how business is actually done.
This edition is clearly the most authoritative book on subject. For anyone who is or wants to be a part of the lime
and limestone industry, this is the one book to own, read, and refer to.
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- J. A. H. Oates / Hardcover 474 pages / Published June 1998
Presents a comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date presentation of the main scientific and technological aspects of the quarrying, processing, calcining and slaking
of lime and limestone products. Provides an overview of the lime and limestone industries and how they are shaped by customer and market requirements. Provides an up-to-date
account of the main aspects specific to the making iron and steel, building, construction and cement, water, sewage treatment, environmental protection, chemicals
and foodstuffs. Includes detailed sections describing the production of limestone, quicklime, and slaked lime, the uses of the raw materials in such products as cement,
steelmaking, agriculture, and chemistry, and an assessment of environmental issues which affect the industries.
Maintains a good balance between scientific information of use to technologists, and more general information of value to production and commercial personnel, both
within the lime and limestone industries and in the many industries that they serve.
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-Cedar Rose Guelberth (Photographer), Dan Chiras, Daniel D. Chiras Paperback 251 pages / Published July 2003.
For builders of natural homes (straw bale, cob, adobe, rammed earth, and other natural materials), this unique step-by-step guide
takes the confusion out of choosing, mixing, and applying natural plasters. From principles to practicalities, and with every stage
of the process illustrated, The Natural Plaster Book details the entire process of plastering with earth, lime, and gypsum for a
long-lasting and durable finish. The only comprehensive guide available on natural plasters, this book is written for the growing
number of people who have decided to build their own natural homes as well as for professionals. Heavily illustrated with practical
drawings and photographs, it also includes an extensive resource guide listing books, magazines, videos, builders, and suppliers.
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