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American Stone Fields (August 1890) The Manufacture and Builder,
Vol. 22, Issue 8, August 1890, pg. 177. (Article in digital images viewed
at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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American Marbles (January 1857) “The Living Age...”, Vol. 52,
Issue 660, January 17, 1857, pgs. 148-149. (Article in digital images
viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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American Marbles (November 1888) The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 20, Issue 11, November 1888, pgs. 250-251. (Article in digital images
viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Brown-Stone (The end of an era) (November 1869) The Manufacturer
and Builder, Vol. 1, Issue 11, November 1869, pgs. 332-333. (Article
in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Building Stones in the United States (October 1884) The
Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pgs. 229-230.
(Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Building and Decorative Stone (June 1886) (The material in the
article was extracted from an address before the British Association.)
The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 18, Issue 6, June 1886, pg.
129. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of
Congress.)
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Building and Decorative Stones (June 1886) The Manufacturer
and Builder, Vol. 18, Issue 6, June 1886, pgs. 130-131. (Article in
digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Building Stones - Serpentine & Slate (November 1885)
The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 11, November 1885,
pg. 250. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library
of Congress.)
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The Building Stones - The Sandstones (September 1885) Quarrying
Notes – The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 9, September
1885, pgs. 202-203. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory,
Library of Congress.)
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The Building Stones - The Syenites (gneiss, mica-schist, diabase,
basalt, porphyry) (September 1885)
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End of article (pg. 180) Quarrying Notes - The Manufacturer
and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 9, September 1885, pg. 179. (Article
in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Building Stones - Granite (Concluded) (July 1885) Quarrying
Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 7, July 1885,
pgs. 154-155. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library
of Congress.)
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The Coming of Age of Marble (December 1892) The Manufacturer
and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 12, December 1892, pgs. 278-279. (Article
in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Concerning Building Stones (June 1890) (This article describes:
rock face, pointed face, aze-hammered face, patent hammered, bush hammered,
square drove, tooth chiseled, sawed face, fine sand finish, pumice finish,
polished surface, and includes a few diagrams of some of these faces.)
The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 6, June 1890, pgs.
129-130. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library
of Congress.)
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Elastic Marble (March 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 26, Issue 3, March 1894, pg. 62. (Article in digital images viewed
at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Granite Architecture (February 1892) The New England magazine,
Vol. 24, Issue 2, February 1892, pg. 39. (Article in digital images viewed
at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Induration of Stone (February 1887) The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 19, Issue 2, February 1887, pg. 36. (Article in digital images viewed
at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Induration of Stone (October 1888) The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 20, Issue 10, October 1888, pg. 228. (Article in digital images viewed
at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Lamination in Stone (April 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 25, Issue 4, April 1893, pg. 87. (Article in digital images viewed
at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Limestones as Building and Ornamental Stones (September 1890)
The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 9, September 1890,
pg. 201. (The article includes a sketch of "Magnified Fossiliferous Limestone;"
article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Mausoleum Marbles (September 1860) "The Living Age..." Volume
66, Issue 851, September 22, 1860, pgs. 754-758. (Article in digital images
viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Notes on Slate for Builders (January 1871) The Manufacturer
and Builder, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 1871, pgs. 9-10. (Article in
digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Qualities of Building Stone (June 1894) The Manufacturer and
Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 6, June 1894, pgs. 134-135. (Article in digital
images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Rocks (includes the beginning of the article on the Granites)
(June 1885) Quarrying Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 17, Issue 6, June 1885, pgs. 130-131. (Article in digital images
viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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The Rocks - Their Physical Structure (Continued) (May 1885) Quarrying
Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 5, May 1885,
pgs. 106-107. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library
of Congress.)
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Serpentine as a Building Material (March 1890) The Manufacture
and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 3, March 1890, pg. 57. (The article includes
a sketch of "Serpentine Quarry, Chester, Pa."; article in digital images
viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Southern Marble (June 1887) The Manufacturer and Builder,
Vol. 19, Issue 6, June 1887, pgs. 130-131. (Article in digital images
viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Stone Ornamenting Machine (Using diamond saws) (December 1874)
The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 6, Issue 12, December 1874,
pg. 273. (The article includes a sketch of the machine; article in digital
images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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Stone Quarrying by Machinery (October 1884) (This article includes
a sketch of "Saunders' Improved Ingersoll Channeling Machine" and another
of a "gang of drills.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16,
Issue 10, October 1884, pg. 226. (Article in digital images viewed at
American Memory, Library of Congress.)
- The EduMine Dictionary of Mining, Minerals and Related Terms, presented by Global InfoMine.
- A Glossary of The Mining and Mineral Industry, by A. H.
Fay, Bulletin 95, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Mines, Washington: Government Printing Office: 1947, 754 pp. (Reprinted
from 1920 edition, without changes.) (Book)
- Glossary
of Scientific and Quarry Terms from The Chief Commercial
Granites of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, Bulletin 354
(1908) and The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738,
both by T. Nelson Dale.
- Glossary of
Scientific and Quarry Terms, from The Granites of Maine,
Bulletin 313, 1907, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey.
- Glossary of Slate Quarry
Terms, C. F. Derven, Poultney, November 22, 1938.
- A Glossary of Some
Slate Industry Terms, The
Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales, by Dave Sallery.
- Glossary of Stone Terms, Encyclopedia of Home Improvements
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Glossary of Stone Terms; Stone Nomenclature; Stone Dimensions, as Quarried vs. As Installed; Surface Effects, presented by Champlain Stone, Ltd.
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Nomenclature of Building Stones and of Stone Masonry (March 1885)
The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 3, March 1885, pgs.
60-61. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of
Congress.)
- Paving Glossary, by Rose Paving Co.
- “Anchoring Bolts into Stone,” in Scientific American, Vol. LXIII, No. 20, November 15, 1890, pp. 305.
- Nomenclature of Building Stones and of Stone Masonry (March 1885)
The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 3, March 1885, pgs.
60-61. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of
Congress.)
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