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The building and decorative stones of Maryland, containing an account of their properties and distribution (1898)

Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929, Mathews, Edward Bennett, b. 1869 · Baltimore, Johns Hopkins press · leaf 100

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. This letter givesthe earliest account of the Potomac Marble which has been foundin any scientific journal, and furnishes information concerning thecost of the original columns in the old Hall of the House of Repre-sentatives in Washington, as well as the name of the man who firstbrought this… … MARYLAND GKOI.OGICAT, SIKVEY 127 Xiitnial riiilosophy and Chemistry in the iloiiiit Saint ^Marys Col-lege in Emmitsbnrg. In this paper reference is made to the facttliat • the granite may be well seen in the neighborhood of EllicottsMills, where tliere are extensive quarries that furnish vast…

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