...People coming from a distance made it an object to see and admire this great structure. The wonder was that stone enough could be found in the vicinity of...like it could not be found to build such another. The stone-trade and stone-quarrying remained nearly in the same condition, it is believed, until about...

...People coming from a distance made it an object to see and admire this great structure. The wonder was that stone enough could be found in the vicinity of...like it could not be found to build such another. The stone-trade and stone-quarrying remained nearly in the same condition, it is believed, until about...

...people coming to Boston from a distance made it a point to see and admire the structure. The wonder, however, was not that the granite could be broken...granite and other hard stone the tools ordinarily ancient Romans are said to have sprinkled the hot stone with vinegar, though whether they thereby accelerated...

...people coming to Boston from a distance made it a point to see and admire the structure. The wonder, however, was not that the granite could be broken...like it could not be found to build such another.' 1 After a block is broken from the quarry bed it is trimmed to the desired size and shape by means...

...To complete the work the sculptor had but to carve out the decomposed rock with his copper chisel. fit for the hammer to construct such an entire building....like it could not be found to build such another. ' ' As made by the old-time method the wedge hole was cylindrical. A modern adaptation which has not...

...fit for the hammer to construct such an entire building. But it seemed to be universally concluded that enough more like it could not be found to build such another. "At some time between the end of the first quarter and the middle of the eighteenth century, that is,...

...fit for the hammer to construct such an entire building. But it seemed to be universally concluded that enough more like it could not be found to build such another." The method of splitting granite by the use of wedges as we do today, was apparently not known at the...

...this great structure. The wonder was that stone enough could be found in the vicinity of Boston'fit for the hammer to construct such an entire building....like it could not be found to build such another. The stone-trade and stone-quarrying remained nearly in the same condition, it is believed, until about...