MP. Explains His New Invention: Light Material Strong as Conerete Commander Burney, M.P., who, as the result of the invention of a new material holds out the prospect of building houses in three days, gave details of his discovconsidered by the Minister of ily News" representative, The material is the joint invention of Commander Burney and an. English chemist, It has, the Come mander claims, a cement basis and the tensile strength of steel, The purchase price of a parlour house (three bedrooms, a kitchen, a parlour and a living room) made. from this material, he estimates at £470 inclusive, the moment Commander Barney is making arrangements acquire a factory 1
This year two experimental houses only will be built, after Which he expects to be in' posle tion to begin to manufacture on a large scale.
"Twice as Strong as Coneret he material," he said, "has taken over a year to evolve, Its chief assets are that it is twice as strong as conerete and half as heavy. Unlike conerete, too, it is not brittle, Its cost I estimate at about 82d. per cubic foot, again as permanent as con-cete, if anything more watertight, as heat-resisting, and will take on any colour.
"The houses I propose to build will have hollow walls—each wall to have a 7-inch air space—and but for the doors the houses will contain no wood in their construction, They will be built, of course, in sections—each pair' of houses! in 240 parts."
The houses, the added, would be of varied design, and contain all Known labour-saving and hygiene device The material had been subject-fed to severe tests. "It cracks only after a sustained pressure of 4,700 Wb. to the square inch," Com= mander Burney said "Yet it is bare= ly heavier'than wood.
The "Keni Scheme which is receiving Mr. Wheatley's Personal attention is that known the "Kent" system of rapid housebuilding. In this Lady Terrington is directly interested.
Houses of subsidy size and built in sections of conerete slabs could be erected quickly, Lord Terrington told the "Daily News," at an approximate cost of £100
"The slabs. ft into upright posts of conerete, and do not require any, real laying. The "work can. be carried out mainly by. unskilled Labour" (as in Commander Burney's scheme.)
To-morrow, at Marlow, a further er demonstration of Colonel Caughan Kent's system is to be given, when a gang of unskilled labourers will attempt to-erect the complete Front and the, sd wall of a palt of houses in eight hours, or ong working day.
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