Module 1: Monumental Glue

Professor Linn W. Hobbs

Syllabus

MONDAY, 10 June 2002
Lecture 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 16-536
Introduction
Notes on Clay and Brick
Egypt and Gypsum Mortar

Laboratory 1 - 5 p.m.
Limestone & Gypsum Rock Crushing 4-003
Gypsum and Lime Burning 13-5012
Hemihydrate Gypsum Grinding 16-605
Gypsum Mortar Casting 16-605
Nova Film: This Old Pyramid 16-602

TUESDAY, 11 June
Lecture 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 16-536
Greece and Lime Mortar
Notes on Stone Quarrying and Construction

Laboratory 1 - 5 p.m.
Brick Molding and Drying 16-605
Lime Grinding 16-605
Lime Slaking, Mortar Mixing and Casting 16-605
Nova Film: Pharoah's Obelisk 16-602

WEDNESDAY, 12 June
Lecture 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 16-536
Rome and Hydraulic Pozzolanic Mortars

Laboratory 1 - 5 p.m.
Brick Firing 13-5012
Pozzolanic Mortars Mixing and Casting 16-605
Portland Cement Formulation and Clinkering 16-605
Tour: Kresge Auditorium

THURSDAY, 13 June
Lecture 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 16-536
Victorian Rediscoveries and Portland Cement

Laboratory 1 - 5 p.m.
Grinding of Portland Cement Clinker 16-605
Casting of Portland Cement 16-605
Nova Film: Coliseum 16-602

Lecture 7 - 9 p.m. 16-536
Ancient Glass Module

FRIDAY, 14 June
Lecture 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 16-536
Brickmaking through Ten Millennia
Compression Testing of Mortars
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy

Laboratory 1 - 5 p.m.
Compression Testing of Mortars 13-5011
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy 13-1012