[GBlist] Lime [reissued to correct mispellings]

[WLangsford@aol.com]

Lime is the precipitated remains of skeletal disintegration. Thoroughly 
pulverized and dissicated it becomes cement. When mixed with sand, gravel and 
water it becomes our ubiquitous concrete. Discovered by the Romans to imitate 
Greek stonework at a fraction of the cost. Quicklime mixed with water 
produces tremendous heat. Hydrated lime, the kind we usually use with plaster 
of Paris to create a plastered wall is slaked, or soaked, in water to produce 
a lime putty. This putty, if kept moist, will keep indefinitely. It improves 
with age as do most of us. Pretty cool to think of all those gothic 
cathedrals held together with old bones.    Love   WL

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