Stones for Building and DecorationJohn Wiley & Sons, 1903 - 551 Seiten |
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Seite 290 - Shah, and now lie neglected amongst innumerable fragments, show the objects which he had in view. So much is this stone looked upon as an article of luxury, that none but the king, his sons, and persons privileged by special firman, are permitted to excavate ; and such is the ascendency of pride over avarice, that the scheme of farming it to the highest bidder does not seem to have ever come within the calculations of its present possessors.
Seite 289 - On approaching the spot the ground has a hollow sound, with a particularly dreary and calcined appearance, and when upon it a strong mineral smell arises from the ponds. The process of petrifaction is to be traced from its first beginning to its termination.
Seite 288 - This natural curiosity consists of certain extraordinary ponds or plashes whose indolent waters, by a slow and regular process, stagnate, concrete, and petrify, and produce that beautiful transparent stone commonly called Tabriz marble, which is so remarkable in most of the burial places in Persia, and which forms a chief ornament in all the buildings of note throughout the country. These ponds, which are situated close to one another, are contained in...
Seite 157 - The elevated position of the stones is a great advantage, since the light and uniform color seems due to the fact that this elevation produces a free drainage, and the stones have been traversed by atmospheric waters to such 'a degree that all processes of oxidation which are possible have been very nearly completed.
Seite 256 - Some of these vessels," it is stated, "had a long and narrow neck, which was sealed ; so that when the woman in the gospel is said to break the box of ointment, it appears probable that she only broke the extremity of the neck, which was thus closed.
Seite 238 - It is as a rule very hard to work, and, as exhibited in the capitol at Albany, the surface is often disfigured by irregular cavities and flaws •which are rather unsightly. The color is said to fade on exposure to the weather, and hence the stone is used mostly for interior work. An excellent outcrop of this marble occurs on the shore of Mallet's Bay, in the town of Colchester. The strata at this point .are nearly horizontal, and in many places form the banks of the lake. One of the best quarries...
Seite 68 - Boston as early as 1737, but it was not until the early part of the present century that its use became at all general.
Seite 493 - ... thus prevent all access of moisture. Whatever the substance, it must be of such a nature as in no way to discolor or disfigure the stone. Paint. — This is one of the substances most generally used and which has been employed on the porous sandstone of the Capitol, White House...
Seite 364 - ... in Blanford and another in Pelham, in the southwest part of the town. The color of this last is dark, and the quantity of the talc is considerably large. A large bed occurs in connection with soapstone on the north side of Deerfield River, in Zoar, near the turnpike from Greenfield to Williamstown. Specimens from this place resemble those from the celebrated localities of this rock at Zoblitz, in Saxony.
Seite 222 - ... for the finest grades of ornamental work, from near Nantehala, Swain County, in this State. Portions of the stone are traversed by a coarse network of pure white calcite veins that greatly added to its beauty. Pennsylvania. — The belt of Lower Silurian limestone that extends from Sadsbury and Bart Townships, in Lancaster County, in a general easterly direction through Chester County, and through the western half of Montgomery County, includes within its area the only quarries of merchantable...