Parker's cement
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Roman cement
A quick-setting
natural cement that can harden under water and is relatively impervious to water; made of a finely pulverized calcined argillaceous limestone that has been treated in a kiln at a temperature no higher than that necessary to drive off carbon dioxide.
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