The Commercial Granites of New England (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Commercial Granites of New EnglandAS in the original bulletins, the general aim of this one is to pre sent the subject in both its economic and its general scientific aspects and to make the scientific part intelligible to the general reader. The economic part includes a chapter on the adaptations of New England granites and another on the economic geologic factors in granite quarrying, with some practical suggestions.A number of abandoned quarries are described with the active ones, either because of the scientific interest of their granite or their rock structure or because of their latent economic possibilities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.