"AÑO DE LA UNIVERSALIZACIÓN DE LA SALUD"

“FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA”

“ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE INGENIERIA CIVIL”

TEMA:
LOUIS VICAT, FATHER OF CEMENT
AREA:
INGLES II

DOCENTE:
CORDOVA OCAÑA OLIVIA BETTY

ALUMNO:
MENDOZA SILVA ALEXANDER

PIURA – PERU
2020
SENTENCES EXPRESSING CRITICAL COMMENT

 Louis vicat due to the scarcity of the media had to investigate new
mortars based on quicklime, thus giving the diversity of mortars for
each type of structure. (1)

 Louis Vicat, a young Civil Engineer, did not limit himself when he
was commissioned by Napoleon, in 1812, to build the Souillac bridge
over the Dordogne river. A violent river, with strong floods from the
melting waters, and with a sandy bottom in which it is difficult to settle
a work. (2)

 Methodical in nature, it starts, from the outset, a series of

investigations that allow it to have a resistant and reliable hydraulic
binder. (3)

 His son joseph vicat, following in the footsteps of his father, founded
the cement company "vicat" in 1853. (3)

 Louis Vicat mixes limestone with clay, cooks them together, grinds
them, and spreads this paste under water, to verify that, after a few
days, the mixture hardens when combined with water. Louis Vicat had
just made a capital discovery for Humanity. (3)
 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

1. CYRILLE SIMONNET, (2009), CONCRETE: HISTORY OF A MATERIAL

ED. NEREA, PAGE 215
2. ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CORNELL
ITHACA USAANTOINE PICON (1997) L'ART DE L'INGÉNIEUR.
3. CONSTRUCTEUR, ENTREPRENEUR, INVENTEUR. 598 PP. EDITIONS DU
CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS, ISBN 2-85850-911-5.