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  • ...>Sources do not specify which ships of the class mounted [[Mortar (weapon)|mortars]] or how many they mounted; see ''Jane{{'}}s Fighting Ship 1973-1974'', p. ...er [[Ngo Quyen]], who expelled Chinese forces in 938 and founded the first modern Vietnamese state.
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  • ...]] weapon that uses the same fin-stabilized bombs as normal 60 mm infantry mortars. These [[bombs]] can be [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loaded]] within the ** [[List of modern weapons]]
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  • ...design criteria its effective range is very short relative to the range of modern ASMs, from 1 to {{convert|5|nmi|km|0}}. The gun mount moves at a very high ...]]'' that 105 attacks were defeated by the systems, most of those involved mortars. Based on the success of Centurion, 23 additional systems were ordered in S
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  • ==Modern slag uses== | title = Hydration, structure, and properties of blast furnace slag cements, mortars, and concrete
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  • ...to allow workers to mix large working quantities of lime putty plaster. A modern form of this method uses expanded metal mesh over wood or metal structures, ...aused significant [[Asbestos abatement|removal]] and re-coating work. More modern plasters fall into the following categories:
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  • ...cement|hydraulic-setting cement]] with many material qualities similar to modern [[Portland cement]]. By the middle of the first century, the material was u ...gate appropriate for the preparation of [[lime mortar]]s. For [[structural mortars]], he recommended ''[[pozzolana]]'', which were volcanic sands from the san
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  • ...ient Greece|Greece]], when it largely replaced the [[clay]] and [[gypsum]] mortars common to [[Ancient Egypt]]ian construction.<ref>{{cite book To produce hydraulic lime mortars the lime is derived from lime stone containing impurities.
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  • ...powder, and sharp sand to small gravel content of 40-70 percent. The more modern machines do not require aggregate (rock) to make a strong soil block for mo ...[adobe]] code in numerous respects. For instance, the CEB code allows slip mortars and permits blocks ejected from a press to go directly to the wall.
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  • ...]], who used the term ''opus caementicium'' to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed rock with burnt [[Calcium oxide|lime]] ===Modern cement===
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  • ...scle power, used against a stone anvil. [[Querns]] and [[mortar and pestle|mortars]] are types of these crushing devices. ...ushing is generally of a consistent cubicle shape such as that required by modern SUPERPAVE [[highway]] [[asphalt]] applications. Using this method also allo
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