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
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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 + |