Merrill, George P. · John Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., · leaf 331
utterly reprehensible custom of seeking to im-prove the paler hues by paint or other coloring materialsapplied to the back or unexposed side of the thin slabs, thetranslucency of the stone being just sufficient to transmitthe colors, without permitting the cause to be discovered.This is especially… … THE ONYX MARBLES, OR TRAVERTINES. 263 Localities, Domestic and Foreign. The localities from which the finer grades of stone of thistype have in times past or present been obtained are few andwidely scattered, and it is interesting to note that, with theexception of the cave deposits, all that have…
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