APPENDIX. 



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well supposed in a country abounding in rocks 

 and quarries. The common stone pavement 

 used in Edinburgh costs 8d. per square foot, 

 delivered. 



Arbroath pavement costs in Edinburgh, when 

 cut to required sizes, and 3 inches in thickness, 

 Is. per superficial foot, laid on sand or engine 

 ashes. Second price and quality, as regards 

 size, lOd. per foot. 



Ditto, at Leith and Glasgow, for material only, 

 4Jd. to 5|d. per foot, straightened at the edges 

 and squared at the ends. 



Ditto, half-polished, or rubbed on one side, 

 6^d. per superficial foot. 



Ditto, full-polished on one side, 7^d. per 

 superficial foot. 



N.B. — Price depending on thickness. 



Caithness pavement, cut to any dimension 

 given, 4-|d. to 5d. per superficial foot, the sides 

 and ends cut straight, delivered at Leith and 

 Glasgow. 



Ditto, half-polished, or rubbed, 6|d. per su- 

 perficial foot, at ditto. 



Ditto, polished above, sides and ends squared 

 to joint, 7^d. per foot at ditto. The above 

 1 4-inch thick. 



N.B.— Price depending on thickness. 



The principal pavement stones in England 

 are Yorkshire and Portland. 



Yorkshire pavement, about 2 inches in thick- 

 ness, costs, in London, from £2, 5s. to £2, 10s. 

 per 100 superficial feet, and weighs 1 ton 5 cwt. 

 The same, 2^ inches thick, weighs 1 ton 15 cwt., 

 or 39 lb. per superficial foot, and costs, in Lon- 

 don from £2, 10s. to £2, 15s. per 100 super- 

 ficial feet. Ditto, 3 inches thick, weighs 2 tons 

 5 cwt., or 50^ lb. per foot, and costs in London 

 from £2, 16s. to £3 per 100 superficial feet. 



3-inch Yorkshire tooled or wrought pave- 

 ment, for shelves, &c, costs, at Bedworth, 

 Warwickshire, Is. 2d. per superficial foot. Ditto, 

 rubbed for floors, Is. 4d. Ditto, for steps, 2s. 

 6d. per foot. 2|-inch ditto, laid in London, 7d. 

 per superficial foot. 



Marston pavement, for floors, Is. per foot; 

 wrought steps, Is. 6d. per superficial foot. 



Portland pavement. — This pavement, 1 inch 

 thick, weighs 11 ^ lb. per superficial foot, and 

 costs in London Is. per superficial foot. 



The best stones in the neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh are Craigleith, Hailes, Redhall, 

 Humbie, Binnie, and Granton. By experiments 

 made by the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, the 

 tensile strength of these was found to be as fol- 

 lows : — 



Breaking 

 weight. 



Craigleith stono, . . . 453 lb. 



Hailes, 336 „ 



Redhall, 326 „ 



Humbie, 283 „ 



Binnie, 279 „ 



Granton, not tested. 

 The compressive strength was as under : — 



lb. 



Craigleith gave way to a pressure of 4900 

 Humbie „ ,, 3740 



Hailes „ „ 3530 



Redhall „ „ 3220 



Binnie „ „ 2820 



VOL. I. 



Hailes quarry pavement, a celebrated quarry 

 near Edinburgh.— Pavement or coping for gar- 

 den walls, 3 inches thick, wrought flat on the 

 bed, both edges droved, and the top and bot- 

 tom edges 3 inches deep, droved and joints 

 made fair. Delivered in Edinburgh, 18 inches 

 broad, lOd. per lineal foot. Do. coping, 3 inches 

 thick, and 1 6 inches broad, wrought all round, 

 Is. per foot lineal. 



Portland stone. — This celebrated stone weighs 

 1 cwt. 1 qr. per cubic foot, and costs in London 

 from 2s. to 2s. 6d. per foot. 



The midland counties of England are chiefly 

 supplied with stone from Kettelbrook, Tikesall, 

 Derby, Stoke, and Wheatly; the east from 

 Whitby; the west from Bath and Monmouth- 

 shire ; and the south from the isles of Portland 

 and Purbeck. 



At Elford, in Staffordshire, stone for ashlar, 

 dressed and built, 2s. 6d. per cubic foot ; rubble 

 at Is. 10^d. per cubic foot. 



The red sandstone of Newport, Monmouth- 

 shire, in large blocks, of half a ton each, costs 

 6s. per ton at the quarries ; smaller sizes, 3s. to 

 4s. per ton, and for rubble, 2s. per ton. 



Pennant stone — a superior kind of hard grey 

 sandstone, found within the limits of the Bristol 

 coal formation — rises in large blocks, and costs 

 at quarry 6s. per ton. 



Isle of Purbeck stone, in blocks fit for ashlar, 

 9 to 14 inches thick on the face, and from 6 to 

 1 5 inches deep on the bed, tooled or dressed, 

 costs Is. 3d. per superficial foot. 



Ditto, 9 inches to 14 thick in the face, and 

 from 6 to 9 inches deep on the bed, tooled and 

 dressed, Is. Id. per superficial foot. 



Ditto, steps, 4 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 6 inches 

 in length, and 6 inches thick, costs lOd. per 

 lineal foot. 



Ditto, for window sills, from 3 to 4 feet 6 inches 

 in length, 1 s. 2d. per lineal foot. Ditto, 4 feet 6 

 inches to 5 feet in length, Is. 5d. per lineal 

 foot Ditto, curb, 6 inches thick, and from 10 

 to 12 inches deep, costs 4^d. per lineal foot. 



Headington freestone, near Oxford, (inferior in 

 quality,) iOd. per cubic foot in quarry. Harder 

 and better quality from same place, Is. 2d. per 

 foot. Ashlar from same varies according to 

 thickness; in blocks at quarry, from 5^d. up- 

 wards. 



Combe Down bath stone costs in London 2s. to 

 2s. 6d. per cubic foot. 



EDINBURGH PRICES. 



Hailes Quarry stone, 4 inches thick, 1 foot 6 

 inches broad, wrought all round, and delivered 

 in Edinburgh, Is. 6d. per lineal foot for material 

 and workmanship. 



Binnie Quarry stone. — Hewing and polishing, 

 7d. per superficial foot, for labour only. Ditto, 

 per foot cubic, at quarry, Is. 4d. 



Granton and Craigleith quarries. — Soles and. 

 lintels, neatly droved, Is. 6d. per lineal foot. 



Killalie Quarry, Fifeshire. — A fine soft sand- 

 stone. Soles, lintels, &c, Is. 2d. per lineal foot, 

 droved, labour and material; and Is. 4d. per 

 foot polished. Droved hewing, do., 4d. per foot 

 superficial, for labour onlv. 



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