The builder's practical director; or, Buildings for all classes, containing plans, sections and elevations for the erection of cottages, villas, farm buildings, dispensaries, public schools, &c., with detailed estimates, quantities, prices, &c. .. (1855)
Leipzig, Dresden : A. H. Payne; [etc., etc.] · leaf 486
cementedwith calcareous matter; the x/ir/h/, of fossil shells, cemented also by calccrous matter. Indeed,ralrarcinin is the general term applied to limestones, including marbles; all limestones whichadmit of a good ])olish being called marbles. Jhcir hardness and admission of polish is owingto the… … 3 o I- z< fQ z O (EO 3O I to a. < Tin; STONES isF.i) IN m:iLDiN(; operations. 230 texture ;ui(l in a state of j)erfect coniliination, witli a pleaf^ing colour ami ]pcai]y lustre. Jlieoolites, an early geologieal Ionnaticui, are tlie limestones cliielly adopted in building. Limestonesha\e Ilin…
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