Show concrete not modern concrete Is a very vary ancient material cor cir construction but reinforced concrete la in scarcely half a century old it t Is said to have started in a happy idea that came to a frenchman who nho wanted large flower pots for his bis plants nelch should not be thick and clum clumsy BY la Is reinforced them with wire nowadays N ow we see glass reinforced in n the same ivay especially about ele vatro shifts shafts coignet and others developed t the reinforcement of concrete for buildings in as at first merely useful buildings allce ahi co conservatories conserva i tories As afi early as 1874 a co concrete villa was built on the north shore of long island islaub sound but it il was many years before the id idea a took laere here although in france dellum belgium and Il germany ermany it wash was seized upon with avid tty dy smiths magazine |