London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 172
urface, or in water: for example, when it is employed as the base or plinth ofa sundial or a vase in a garden; or, as afountain. Now, this artificial stone has beenemployed in all these ways for several years,without showing any conspicuous symptomsof decomposition. The most favourable situation in… … 160 Ornamental Chimney Pots and S/iafls 74 The cause of its durability in such situations is, I that, when it is wet with rain, every part beingI equally exposed to the weather, it very soon be-comes dry. The cause of its liability to decay in
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