experience has proved to be alone effective for its purpose. J. H.P.S. Since penning the above we have had the pleasure of seeinga statue of Earl Grey in Portland stone, executed for the town of Newcastle upon Tyne by E. II. Baily Esq. R. A. The artist hasgiven it a very thin coating of wax, and… … Although the construction of skew arches has of late engagedthe attention of many practical men, and various essays have beenwritten upon the subject, yet I am not aware that any of these havebeen sufficiently simple to enable the workman to set out a skew archwithout considerable difficulty. One…
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