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poses. There seem to be planes of weakness in the stone due to a 

 slight variation of the texture. 



No thin section was cut from this sample. 



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Buckley. AVis. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Sur. Bull. 1S9S. 4:73, 385, 



Mo. Biir. Geol. and Mines. Ser. 2. 1904. 2:50. 



Cutting. Weekly Underwriter. 1880. 22:257, 287, 304; 23:42, 

 Merrill, G. P. Stones for Building and Decoration. N.Y. 1903. p. 424. 

 Van Schwartz. Fire and Explosion Risks, a Handbook etc. N.Y. 1904, 



Effect of fire on stone as observed in conflagrations 

 Anon. Building News and Eng. Jour. 1904. 87:2. 

 Anon. Engineering News. 1904. 51:173. 

 Grieshaber. Engineering News. 1904. 51:173. 

 Woolson. Engineering News. 1904. 51:95, 173. 



