An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 467
... QUARRIES ) , Messrs . with dissemi- top bed . ticable size . Hall , Reform Club House , Island of Stewards nated ... quarries on the east cliff ; it is soft to the north , and hard to the south . The good workable stone in the east cliff ...
... QUARRIES ) , Messrs . with dissemi- top bed . ticable size . Hall , Reform Club House , Island of Stewards nated ... quarries on the east cliff ; it is soft to the north , and hard to the south . The good workable stone in the east cliff ...
Page 479
... quarry , judging from the specimens received . " 16661. Hopton Wood stone is obtained from quarries situated near Middleton and Wirks- worth , in Derbyshire , in the mountain limestone districts of that part of the country . An analysis ...
... quarry , judging from the specimens received . " 16661. Hopton Wood stone is obtained from quarries situated near Middleton and Wirks- worth , in Derbyshire , in the mountain limestone districts of that part of the country . An analysis ...
Page 522
... quarries usually lie near the surface ; and , independent of the splitting grain , along which they can be cleft exceedingly thin , they are mostly divided into stacks , by breakings , cracks , and fissures . Slate is separated from its ...
... quarries usually lie near the surface ; and , independent of the splitting grain , along which they can be cleft exceedingly thin , they are mostly divided into stacks , by breakings , cracks , and fissures . Slate is separated from its ...
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