... Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I-V (1912)
Parks, W. A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch · Ottawa : Government printing bureau · leaf 290
0.216 Ratio of absorption, per cent, one hour 0.0492 two hours 0.0523 slow immersion 0.0685 in vacuo 0.0727 under pressure 0.0762 Coefficient of saturation, one hour .64 two hours .68 slow immersion .89 in vacuo .95 Crushing strength, lbs. per sq. in., dry 21,200. wet 20,800. wet after freezing… … Portage du Fort marble. Residence of G. E. Reid, Portage du Fort, Que. 199 Great difficulty was experienced in obtaining duplicate results in theporosity tests. The figures given above have been selected from a numberof experiments. The variations occurred chiefly with the short immersions;in the…
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