a bushel of limestone weighs 114. lb & makes 2. bushels of slacked lime.
Farm Book, page 105
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
Lime.
1797. Aug.
by a tolerably exact trial 1. hhd. of unslacked limestone made 1 1/2 hhd. of slacked lime, want
-ing about 1/2 bushel. and 15 1/2 bushels of slacked lime laid 1000. bricks in a wall of
1 1/2 brick thick. we may say then that 10. bush. of limestone are required to 1000. bricks.
-ing about 1/2 bushel. and 15 1/2 bushels of slacked lime laid 1000. bricks in a wall of
1 1/2 brick thick. we may say then that 10. bush. of limestone are required to 1000. bricks.
it takes a bushel of lime to give 3. coats of plaister to 4.square yards on brick wall.
a cord of limestone of 128 cub. feet or 102 1/2 bushels make 6. waggon loads
Fresco painting. Schneider charges a dollar a yard, he finding paint etc.
or 8/. dollars a day, paint etc, found him. he can do half
a yard an hour.
or 8/. dollars a day, paint etc, found him. he can do half
a yard an hour.
the cost of iron pipes at Philada. is as follows. 22. I. diam. is 6.25 pr. foot. -- 20 cost 5.
16.I. diam. cost 3 1/3 - 10 = 2.40 - 8 = 1 2/3 - 6 = 1.10 - 4 = .64 - 3 = .45 - 1 1/2 = .40.
16.I. diam. cost 3 1/3 - 10 = 2.40 - 8 = 1 2/3 - 6 = 1.10 - 4 = .64 - 3 = .45 - 1 1/2 = .40.
Sheet iron, a square foot weighs 1. to 1.1/2 lb & costs 20. cents. Sheet copper. costs about 40. cents the square foot |
Philadelphia. 1792. |
the largest sheet iron I have seen is 21. I. by 8.f.3. I.
a box of tin contains 220 or 230 sheets 13 1/4 I. by 10 1/8 =11/12 of a foot and weighs 152. lb
it costs 13. D. and will cover 1 square & a half of roof.
a man put on a square a day.
a man put on a square a day.
| .cents | ||
| Bohemian glass costs of the least thickness. | .16 the square foot | Donath. Phi -ladelphia. 1792. |
| 1 1/2 thickness | .20 | |
| double thickness for coaches | .30 |
a workman at Genoa to whom I shewed a draught of my chimney pieces, gave me the following estimate of what they would cost in the different kinds of marble of which he gave me samples.
| price of the cubic foot of marble |
archi- trave alone |
archi- trave & entrablat. |
but if only a plain fascia 6. I. wide 1.I. thick |
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| H s | H | H | H s | ||
| Common marble | 4 - 10 | 90 | 170 | 2 - 1 + | |
| Marble of Carrara | 12- | 105 | 217 - 10 | 5 - 11 + | |
| Jasper of Sicily | 40- | 161 | 400 | 18 - 8 + | |
| Verde Cantico | 270- | 620 | 1900 | 124 - 4 + | |