| Show Edu oa cement home house thomas A edison has completed another model of a cement house of aich he ia Is justly proud lie is aid to have realized hia his hope of erecting a i poured cement house a ri highly ornamental waterproof vermin proof dwelling which it ia is possible ta to erect for 1200 the wizard of menia menlo park haa has beai ec working on this proposition for a long time he ile patented several inventions for making and handling cement until he finally produced a mixture almost like water this mixture holds the tone stone or ag regate in suspension now flows freely li in nil all parts of tha the molds and makes a uniform distribution of the aggregates throughout the mass according ac to a description recently published it is ho also claimed that owing to the wonderful inventive power of edison the molds anre adapted to variations of arrangement thus making it possible to change lc tz styles of house with the as aimo me pet of molds so with a few sets of rn maja ids a wide variety of style la Is pos 2 ble j he decorations will be cast with 4 tha the house and eo so will bo be part of the structure carved on an 14 it in a sense concrete is coming more and more into use each year if durable and comfor comfortable table hohmes can really bo be built after 12 the manner described the timber of f the united states will be conserved to a large degree while the people are tarnished furnished with cheap dwellings |
