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Trade secrets : a collection of practical receipts for the use of sculptors, modellers, stone masons, builders, marble masons, polishers, &c. ; to which is added a description of the various stones in the United Kingdom suitable for monumental purposes, &c. (1862)

Robinson, Joseph Barlow, -approximately 1893 · Derby, Eng. : Pub. by the author · leaf 69

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61 … A French architect (M. Castala) has invented a new method of employing tiles for the roofs of houses, so as to save one-half the quantity usually emjdoyed for that pur- pose. The tiles are made of a square instead of an oblong form, and the hook that fastens them is at one of the angles, so that…

Sculpture, English · Modeling · Sepulchral monuments · Carpentry

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