Talk:Terrazzo

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Adobe Photoshop plugin
Terrazzo was also a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that created tessellated patterns. Can we add this to the disambiguation page? Perhaps I can write a stub for the plug-in. Connectionfailure 08:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Amount of wood needed to produce lime
"Gourdin and Kingery (1975) estimate that about 5 times the amount of wood is needed to produce the required amount of lime, but recent experiments by Affonso and Pernicka have shown that only the double amount is needed."

"5 times the amount" what? "the double amount" what? The wood needed to build the Imperial Palace in Japan, or the amount of wood in a #2 pencil?

Actually, the making of lime takes exactly the amount of wood that it requires, a factor of one, if you can follow that twisted logic. Just what is the wood being multiplied by?


 * The sentence has been reworded for clarity. Piperh (talk) 16:56, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Engineered stone: merge or cross-reference
This article should be fusioned or at least referenced with wikiarticle on engineered stone.


 * OK, "Engineered stone" has been added to the "See also" list. Piperh (talk) 16:59, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Potential Sources
Hornobostel, Caleb. Construction Materials: Types, Uses, and Applications, (John Wiley & Sons, New York: 1978), pg. 731-735.

Jester, Thomas C., and Michael A Tomlan. Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation.

"Deterioration of Terrazzo", Journal of Architectural Engineering. Volume 17, Issue 2, pp. 51-58.

Chabbi, Amel, "Restoring a 20th Century Terrazzo Pavement: A Conservation Study of the Floor Map of the New York State Pavilion Queens, New York." Master's Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.

Thorkelson, Anne, "An Approach to Conservation and Presentation of the Terrazzo Map Pavement of the New York State Pavilion in Queens, New York." Master's Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2007.

Johnson, Walker C. "Terrazzo." in Twentieth-Century Materials: History and Conservation, edited by Thomas C. Jester. New York: McGraw Hill, 1995.

L. Del Turco and Bros. Modern Mosaic and Terrazzo Floors; a Handbook on the Improved Method of Laying Terrazzo Floors with Metal Dividers, Precase Terrazzo Base, Treads, etc. Marble Mosaic Floors; Full Size Color Samples and Floor Designs. Harrison, N.J.: L. Del Turco and Bros., Inc., 1924.

The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association. "Restoration of Terrazzo Finish." http://www.ntma.com/05_specification.php. Olin, Harold B., John L. Schmidt, and Walter H. Lewis. "Terrazzo." in Construction Principles, Materials, and Methods. 6th Edition ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.

Polson, Mary Ellen. "Terrazzo." Old House Journal 28, no. 5 (2000): 88-95.

Thenightmancometh (talk) 18:47, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Potential information to add

 * Terrazzo Proper
 * 1) The terrazzo form used today derives from the Venice with the pavimento alla Veneziana (Venetian pavement) and the cheaper seminato.
 * 2) Pavimento alla Veneziana had workers place marble fragments next to each other while seminato simply had marble chips tossed into the cement that was then ground and polished.
 * 3) Together, these methods create the generic form of terrazzo that involves pieces of stone that are bonded to a cement bed.
 * 4) Terrazzo was first introduced in the United States in the late 1890's, but did not achieve popularity until the 1920s.


 * 20th Century


 * Types and Systems


 * Deterioration

Thenightmancometh (talk) 02:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)