LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FULL PAGE PLATES. 



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Plate I. Interior view of marble quarry at West Rutland, Vt 277 



II. Microscopic structures of building stone * 303 



Fig. 1. Muscovite-biotite granite (26335*), Hallowell, Me. 



2. Oolitic limestone (37955*), Litclifield, Grayson County, 



Ky. 



3. White marble (25733*), West Rutland, Vt. 



4. Diabase (26199*), Weehawken, N.J. 



5. Sandstone (26268*), Potsdam, N. Y. 



6. Sandstone (26077*), Portland, Conn. 



III. Splitting out stone with wedges at Portland, Conn 313 



IV. Figures showing kinds of finish 319 



1. Rockface. 



2. Pointed. 



3. Pointed. 



4. Tooth chiseled. 



5. Drove chiseled. 



6. Patent hammered. 



V. Hand implements used in working stone 330 



Fig. 1. Tooth chisel. 



2. Drove chisel. 



3. Chisel for soft stone. 



4. Point. 



5. Hand-drill. 

 C. Chipper. 



7. Pitching tool. 



8. Chisel for granite. 



9. Chisel for soft stone (marble, etc). 



10. Face or sledge hammer. 



11. Striking hammer. 



12. Bush or patent hammer. 



13. Ax or pean hammer. 



14. Plug and feathers. 



15. Mallet. 



16. Hand hammer. 



17. Grub saw. 



VI. Serpentine quarry, Chester, Pa 362 



VII. Marble regions of western New England 386 



VIII. Granite quarry at Hallowell, Me 417 



IX. Sandstone quarry at Portland, Conn 447 



* The numbers are those of the thin sections in the Museum collections from which 

 the figures were drawn. 



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