BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES 



645 



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Quartzite, character of 440 



Quartzites, characters of 445 



Quincy quarries, granite from 286 



R. 



Ransom's process for protection of stone.. 356 



Red mixed marhle, Italy 480 



Reno andesite, use of 440 



Rhode Island, granites in 424 



slah of granite from 592 



specimen of hiotito gneiss from 592 



specimen of hornblende gneiss from . .. 592 



specimens of biotito granite from 591, 592 



Rhyolito, definition of 524 



tuff, character of 463 



variety of liparite 429 



Richards, Joseph, inventor of patent or hush 



hammer 329 



Richardson, Architect 307 



Rift, definition of 524 



of rocks 306 



Robins, Governor 314 



Rock classification 308 



Rock-face finish 319 



Rocks, chemical characters of 307 



classification of 302 



definition of 292 



density of 302 



discussion of 357 



hardness of 302 



structure of 302 



Roofing slate, export value ' 514 



Rosso Antico, red Egyptian porphyry 439 



Rosso de Levanto [marble J 384 



Rubberstone, definition of 524 



Rubble masonry, definition of 524 



Ruin marble, Italy 481 



Russia, quartz porphyries from 486 



specimen of diorite porphyry from 633 



specimen of jasper from 633 



specimen of porphyry breccia from 632 



specimon of porphyry conglomerate 



from 632 



specimens of diorite from 633 



specimens of quartz porphyry from 632 



S. 



Saccharoidal, definition of 524 



Safford, Dr., history of quarrying industry 



in Tennessee, hy 383 



Salt veins, definition of 524 



Sand-blast process, use of 317 



Sand blast, utilization of 329 



Sanders, Mr. R. H., describes bed of slato 



in Pennsylvania 469 



Sandstone, early production in Connecti- 

 cut 290 



in Connecticut, quarrying of 447 



quarrying 312 



quarrying in United States 289 



Sandstones, Alahama 445 



Arizona 445 



Arkansas 445 



California 446 



Colorado 416 



colors of 444 



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Sandstones, composition of 443 



Connecticut 446 



Dakota 448 



expansion and contraction of 332 



foreign 486 



Georgia 449 



Idaho 448 



Illinois 448 



Indiana 449 



in New York, characters of 454 



Iowa 449 



Kansas 449 



Kentucky 449 



Maryland 449 



Massachusetts 450 



Michigan 450 



minerals contained in 444 



Minnesota 451 



Mississippi i 452 



Missouri 452 



Montana 452 



Nevada 453 



New Jersey 453 



New Mexico 453 



New York 453 



North Carolina 455 



of the various States and Territories. . . 445 



Ohio 456 



Oregon 459 



origin of 443 



Pennsylvania 459 



specific gravity of 334 



structure of 304 



Tennessee 460 



Texas 4«0 



texture of 444 



Utah 460 



varieties of 445 



Virginia 461 



Washington Territory 461 



West Virginia 462 



Wisconsin 461 



Sandy Hook granite quarry 287 



Sap, definition of 524 



Saunders channeling machine 322 



Sawed face finish 320 



Sawing-machines, employment of. 327 



Scab, definition of 524 



Schist, characters and structure of 441 



places of occurrence of 442 



Schistose, definition of 522 



rocks 441 



Schists, minerals occurring in 441 



Scotland, granites from 485 



sandstones from 487 



specimen of muscovite-biotite granite 



from 616 



specimens of biotite granite from 616 



specimens of hornblende granite from . 616 



specimens of saudstono from .616, 617 



Sculp, definition of 525 



Sculping process 318 



Secondary constituents of rocks 292 



Seely, Professor, on earliest marble quarry- 

 ing in New England 288 



