The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 877
lied simultaneously, resulting in a hard, non-porous rock varying consid-erably in color and grade. IinglM, tar and-. to an/ partic i<! rc.idcr some asHtHtancc in llic selection anil conslructiun publislicrs of Iteally for niucli valuable data and to the Succeeding articles will l)c piiblislied… … The A)-chitcct and Engineer 85 By the careful use of explosives the slate is taken from deep quarries inblocks weighing several tons. These blocks are conveyed to buildings whereskilled workmen split them into sheets of required thickness. The sheets arethen trimmed to size on a machine and the…
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