Stone Magazine Article List - 1895

(The articles listed below are located in various issues of Stone Magazine. The advertisements, etc. are not included in some of the issues. I have transcribed most of the December, 1895, issue and it has been placed on the Stone Quarries and Beyond web site. If you would like a copy of any specific article listed below, feel free to contact me and I will send you jpeg scans of the article via email. Peggy B. Perazzo)

Stone Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895.

“Alphabetical Index to Advertisers,” pp. xiii.

(Frontispiece) “Decorative Design by J. C. Levendecker, Courtesy of Inland Printer, Chicago.”

“The Onyx Marbles,” by George P. Merrill, pp. 496-502.

“Crushing Tests of Building Stone,” pp. 503-504.

“Practical-Carving,” Part VI., by Dominick A. Walsh, pp. 505-510.

“Broken Ashlar,” by W. D. Lewis, pp. 510-511.

“The Sandstone Industry in 1894,” Part II, pp. 514-517.

“The Big Blast at Otah Damn, California,” pp. 518-520.

“New Slate Punching and Dressing Machine,” pp. 521-525.

“Manufacture of Marbleized Slate Mantels,” pp. 526-528.

“Essential Properties of Building Stones,” (“From Monthly Review Iowa Weather and Crop service, Vol. VI, Nos. 8 and 9. August and September 1895.”), pp. 531-535.

“Quarrying,” (“A lecture at the Sanitary Institute, London, by C. Le Neve Foster, B.A., D.Sc.F.R.S., one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Mines.”), (to be continued), pp. 536-541.)

“Natural Characteristics of Rutland County, Vermont,” pp. 542-545.

“Practical Masonry and Stone-Cutting,” Part VII., pp. 546-548.

“Pumice Stone Mining,” pp. 549-551.

“Renaissance vs. Gothic,” pp. 551-552.

“Shipping Marble to Denver,” (in the “Selected Miscellany” section), pp. 553. (Colorado)

“The Oldest Obelisk,” (in the “Selected Miscellany” section), pp. 553-554.

“Joints For Steel Wire Ropes,” pp. 555.

“Mortar,” pp. 555-556. (“It was found by Berthier after an analysis that Roman cement is composed of carbonic lime.657, carbonate magnesia.005 carbonate iron.063, carbonate manganese.019, clay silica,.180, clay alumina.066, water.013....”)

“Fresh Water in Granite,” pp. 556.

“Ancient Wells,” pp. 556-557.

“Vast Bed of Onyx Reported Found,” pp. 557. (at Healdsburg, California, September 28, 1895)

“Emery,” pp. 557-558.

“Waterproof Brick and Stone,” pp. 558. (at a meeting of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science)

“A Test of Terra Cotta,” pp. 558.

“Machinery and Supplies: The Marsh Steam Pump,” pp. 562-565.

“Stone as An Article of Diet,” pp. xxxvi.

Stone Magazine, Vol. XII, No. I, December, 1895.

(NOTE: A large portion of this book has been transcribed and placed on the Stone Quarries and Beyond web site at: “Stone” Magazine, December, 1895.”)

(Frontispiece) “The Newsboy Fountain At Great Barrington, Mass.”

“Classified Index To Advertisements.” pp. xi.

“Alphabetical Index To Advertisers,” pp. xiii.

“The Onyx Marbles: Part II. Their Origin, Composition, and Uses, Both Ancient and Modern,” by George P. Merrill, Curator, Department of Geology, U. S. National Museum (to be continued), pp. 1-8.

(Photo captions) “Plate 1. Onyx Marbles, Natural Size. pp. 2.

“Fig. 1. Section across plane of deposition. pp. 2.”

“Fig. 2. Section of parallel to plane of deposition. pp. 2.”

(Photo caption) “Plate 2. Slabs of Onyx Marble Cut Across Plane of Deposition To Show Banding. Mayers’ Station, Ariz. The colors are white, greenish and brown.” pp. 4. (Arizona)

(Photo captions) “Plate 3. Stalagmitic Marbles. pp. 6.”

“Fig. 1. Cross-section of block, Marion County, Virginia.”

“Fig. 2. Cross-section of block, El Paso, Texas.”

“Fig. 3. Longitudinal section of stalagmite, Luray, Virginia.”

“Fig. 4. Cross-section of stalagmite, Luray, Virginia.”

(Photo caption) Plate 4. “View in a Limestone Cavern Showing Stalactitic and Stalagmitic Masses.”

“Practical Carving,” (Seventh Paper), by Dominick A. Walsh. pp. 12-15.

“Tour Through Western Marble Regions,” Part III, by Geo. C. Underhill, pp. 16-20.

“Practical Masonry and Stone-Cutting,” Part VIII, by Fred T. Hodgson, pp. 21-23.

“Electric Rock Drills,” pp. 24-30.

(Photo caption) “Type B Marvin Electric Drill.” pp. 25.

(Photo caption) “Type E, Marvin Electric Drill.” pp. 27.

(Photo caption) “Portable Pole For Quarry Work.” pp. 28.

(Photo caption) “Quarry Work, With Type E Marvin Electric Drill.” pp. 29.

“Our Frontispiece This Month,” pp. 31.

“Compressive Resistance of Connecticut Brownstone,” by Frank E. Knight, pp. 32-33.

“An Incline Quarry Railway,” pp. 34-36.

(Sketch caption) “Cross Section, showing Vermont Marble Co.’s ‘Sheldon Quarry No. 4,’ at Rutland, Vermont.” pp. 34.

(Photo caption) (Untitled - Photograph of stone quarry with railway incline) pp. 35.

“The Stone Industry in 1894,” Part III. Value of Limestone, Product By States, by Prof. Wm. C. Day, pp. 37-39.

“Quarrying,” Part II. Methods of Arranging The Workings, by Prof. C. Le Neve Foster, pp. 40-44.

(Photo caption) “Plate III. Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda, near Bangor, showing the step-like arrangement of the workings, the tram-roads upon the successive floors or ‘galleries,’ and the houses used as shelters during blasting.”

(Photo caption) “Plate IV. Part of the underground workings at Ste. Anne Slate Mine, Fumay (Ardennes), France. The men are standing upon the rubbish, which is piled up so that they are in touch with the roof of the chamber. The man on the right-hand side is cutting a deep groove with a pick; the man in the center is making a nick with a saw in a thick slab of slate, so as to enable him to break it across with a blow from a sledge. A third man is in the act of carrying a slab upon his back to the most convenient tram-road.”

“Ancient African Marble Quarries,” pp. 44-45.

(Photo caption) “Plate I. Mentioned Last Month. Traigneaux Marble Quarry, near Philippeville, Belgium. The object of this photograph is to show the vertical sides of the quarry left by sawing with the wire strand. One of the frames with a pulley is shown by the side of the ladder, and the other is in the shade behind it. The frame on the right hand side of the picture is in use for sawing a block. On the left hand of the picture, the remaining half of a pit for receiving the frame and lower guiding pulley can be distinctly perceived. Others are visible above the ladder.”

(Photo caption) “Plate II. Mentioned Last Month. Wire saw, with its two frames and guiding pulleys, showing the manner of using it for sawing a big block of marble at the bottom of the Traigneaux Quarry. The thin lines above the two upper pulleyes (sic) indicate parts of the strand by which the sawing is effected.”

“Essential Properties of Building Stones,” Part II. Durability, by H. Foster Bain, pp. 46-51.

“Colored Limestones,” pp. 51-52.

“The Fire-Trap Modern ‘Sky-Scraper,’” by Wm. Sooy Smith, pp. 53-59.

“Mr. John Booth,” (Obituary), pp. 59.

Selected Miscellany:

“Geology of the Sierra Nevadas,” pp. 63.

“Weathering of Building Stones,” pp. 63-64.

“Roman Vaulting,” pp. 64.

“Engineering Tools at Pompeii,” pp. 64-65.

“The Portable Engine,” pp. 65.

Machinery and Supplies:

“Dobbie & Stuart’s Horse-Power Hoister,” (Illustrated) pp. 66.

“Frazer & Chalmer’s ‘Comet’ Crusher,” pp. 68.

“The Central Plant Compressed Air System,” pp. 70.

“Lifting Dog For Cranes,” (Illustrated) pp. 92.

“Hanger For Stone-Sawing Machines,” (Illustrated) pp. 94-96. (“Application for Stone-Sawing Machines. Application filed March 11, 1895. Patented August 27, 1895, by John B. Holmes, of Chicago, Ill.”)

“Men Of Stone,” pp. 98. (“Among the natural wonders of the South-western states of America, says the Pendleton East Oregonian, are the Superstitious mountains, which loom up from the arid desert to the east of the Salt River Valley. These mountains are so curious that, as long as Arizona has been settled, the Indians would have nothing to do with them...On the crest of this unique range, and in full view of the rarefied atmosphere for an immense distance from the plain, are hundred of queer figures, representing men in all attitudes....”)