BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES. 



647 



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Strike, joints iii rocks 310 



Striking-hammer used in stone-working ... 330 



Structure of rocks 302 



Sullivan diamond-pointed drill 312 



Sutherland Falls Marble Company 321 



Syenite, definition of 525 



localities of 430 



trachytes a nd phonolitcs 430 



Szerelmey's stono liquid for protecting 



stono 35G 



T. 



Table showing specific gravity of stones of 



various kinds 494 



Tables showing the chemical composition 



of stones of various kinds 502 



Talc, characters of 298 



Tarbox, process of splitting stono intro- 

 duced by 314 



Tennessee, granites in 424 



gypsum in 370 



limestones and dolomites in 405 



marbles in 383 



sandstones in 400 



ppecimcu of diorite (?) from 595 



specimen of gran if e from 595 



specimen of hornblende gneiss from . . . 595 



specimen of slate from .. 595 



specimen of conglomerate from 595 



specimen of limestone from 594, 595 



specimen oflimestono [marble] f rora . . 592, 593 

 specimen of magnesian limestono [mar- 

 ble] from 593,594 



specimens of sandstone from 595 



Tests of building stone 489 



Texas, granites in 425 



limestones and dolomites in 405 



marbles in 385 



sandstones in 460 



slates in 470 



soap-stone in 359 



specimen of diorite from 59G 



specimen of dolomite [marble] from 595 



specimen of ferruginous dolomite from. 59G 



specimens of biotite granite from 596 



specimens of dolomite from 595, 596 



specimens of limestone from ... 596 



specimens of limestone [marble] from.. 595 



specimen^ of magnesian limestone from 596 



specimens of sandstone from 596 



Tomlinson, Philo, introduced gang-saw sys- 

 tem 328 



Tools used in dressing granite 315 



Tooth-chiseled finish 320 



Tooth-chisel used in stone- work iug 330 



Totten, Colonel, experiments by 332 



Tourmalino granite 408 



Trachyte, definition of 525 



tuffs, characters of 463 



Trachytes, chemical composition of 431 



definition of 431 



specific gravity of 431 



Trap and greenstone rocks 439 



Trap, definition of 525 



Travertine, characters of 372 



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Travertins, definition of 525 



Trimming slate, method of 315 



slate 318 



Tuffs, colors of 463 



composition of 463 



definition of 463 



localities of 463 



origin of 463 



uses of 4C4 



varieties of 463 



Turgito 301 



Turkey, specimens of marble from 630 



U. 



Under drilling rocks 311 



"Underbill, Isaac, opened first quarry in Dor- 

 set 389 



Unstratified, definition of 523 



Utah, granites in 425 



liparite in 430 



marbles in 386 



sandstone in 460 



specimen of dolomite from 590 



specimen of hornblende biotite granite 



from 596 



specimen of limestone [marble | from . . . 596 



specimens of limestono from 596 



specimens of sandstone from 596, 597 



Utility of joints in rocks in quarrying 310 



V. 



Variation in durability of stones 305 



Varieties of dolomites 371 



of limestones 371 



Verde antique, definition of 525 



Verdantique marble, composition of 361 



origin of 361 



in foreign countries 473 



uses of 361 



Verdedi Genova 369 



Levante occurring in Italy 474 



Prato occurring in Italy 474 



Vermont, granite in 425 



marble quarries in 289 



marbles in 386 



quarrying marble in 387 



serpentine in 36.S 



slates in 470 



soap-stone in 359 



specimens of biotite granite from 603 



specimens of biotite mucovito granite 



from 603 



specimens of dolomite [marble] from. 602, 603 

 specimens of limestone [marble] from. 597, 59S, 

 599, GOO, 601, G02 

 specimens of magnesian limestone 



from G02 



specimens of muscovitc granite from. .. 603 



specimens of serpentine from 597 



specimens of slate from G03, 604, 605 



specimens of steatite [soap-stone] from . 597 



Vert do Genes occurring in Italy 474 



Vesicular, definition of 521 



Vinalhaven, granite quarries in ..... 415 



