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Show BUILDING WITH ICE. in constructing building of coa-crete, coa-crete, hollow blocks frcounth are I used. But a new methoJ of obtaining the same results have been workrd out by a German oncern which eiuplo ice in the making of cavities in con crete. A paper devoted to the building trade says pieces of ice, of the le-nitred le-nitred size, are embedded in the concrete con-crete mass so as to form cap ites itid then allowed to drain after the concrete con-crete has set Even in reinforcing concrete wiih iron, the iron parts are not bmlt hs during the siamping, but are ut&ched to the ice blocks before the beginning of the work, which Increases its strength. The continual moistening usual In concrete work is rendered unnecessary un-necessary by the new proce-k-, as the 1 loss by evaporation Ifl made goud 1 from the melted ic |