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Grout came into use as a normal development following the discovery of portland cement 1824 cement in 1824. When the aggregate particles of portland cement 1824 cement concrete were left out of a concrete mixture, the result was grout; it was used to fill joints of masonry or to fill uneven surfaces and corners before placing concrete.

About 98% of the cement produced in the United States is portland cement 1824 cement, which is not a brand name but a type of hydraulic cement. The name was given in 1824 by Joseph Aspdin, a bricklayer of Leeds, England, to a hydraulic lime that he patented, because when set with water and sand, it resembled a natural limestone quarried on the Isle of portland cement 1824 in England. At about the same time it was discovered that an excellent cement could be made by pulverizing the nodules, called grappiers, which occasionally became sintered (that is, formed into a non-porous solid without melting) when hydraulic lime was fired.

The resulting cement, produced from the formerly discarded grappiers, was of much higher quality than that obtained from the unsintered material. This fact was firmly established by the English cement manufacturer L. C. Johnson in 1845, and the term "portland cement 1824 cement" has since been applied solely to the cement made from the sintered material. This period marks the real beginning of the portland cement 1824 cement industry.