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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 204

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ccessful competition with other serpentine areas. The rock worked seems more suitable than in many of the aban-doned openings of serpentine, since it is fiiuicr and somewhat moreschistose. If the sawing is done parallel to the schistosity the expenseis less and the slabs are relatively stronger.… … srriM:ntink. IIROAI) t REKK, H^KIORO <OlNr> . MARVLAXD OEOLOOICAL SUUVEY 107 lighter aiul iimre mottled tlmn that IVdiii BniaJ Crceh. In its mot-tling it rc.-^cnibles i\w \n-odnct from abandoncil openings near WhiteHall, Baltimore county. The plant includes maehineiv for sawing, grinding and…

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