Indiana Oolitic Limestone

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1884
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William B. Burford, Contractor for State Printing and Binding.
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"The following table of tests, with explanatory formulas, made by a distinguished architect of New York City, is given for info rmation of builders, engineers and purchasers. The table of breakages will apply closely to the other Oolitic Limestones of Indiana, and shows the usual superiority over sandstone of from about ten to thirty per cent. Builders shoulJ. not neglect this strong, cheap, durable material." -- John Collett, State Geologist
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Limestone, Salem Stone, Building materials
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Collett, J. (1884). Indiana Oolitic Limestone. In Fourteenth Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural History. Indianapolis: William B. Burford, Contractor of State Printing and Binding. pp. 76-77.
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