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Jeanne Marie Teutonico, Iain McCaig, Colin Burns, John Ashurst, The Smeaton Project: Factors Affecting the Properties of Lime-Based Mortars, APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. 25, No. 3/4 (1993), pp. 32-49
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