Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1915 — Probable First Use of Mortsr. [ARTICLE]

Probable First Use of Mortsr.

The use of lime as binding material for mortar originated in the remote past It is probable that some savages when using limestone rocks to confine their fire noticed that the stones were changed by the action of the heat. A passing shower may have slaked the lime** to a paste, and they discovered that the paste was smooth and sticky and was a better materiv than clay to fill the crevices In theii rude dwellings. From this discovery it was but a step to add sand to the * , • . ' __ _ « * ' -CPnGr w prGuUCB c