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resistance to tear and wear. They have been extensivelyused in paving the streets of Glasgow ; and officially cer-tified by the Lord Provost and Town Council of that cityto be the best ever used for that purpose.
[The granite of Inverary consists of distinct patches,protruding through the gneiss. The granite is of finequality, and much used. It is of two kinds, the one con-taining mica and red felspar, and the other hornblende andwhite felspar with the quartz.—D. T. A.]
138 Lentaigne, J., Tallaght House , Dublin —
Proprietor.
Limestone from Sutton, county Dublin , and fromClane, county Kildare . Porphyry, from Lambay Island,county Dublin.
139 Gelling, Frederick Lamothe, Castletown, Isle of
Marble , obtained from Coshnahawin and Skillicore,in the parish of Malew, Isle of Man , exhibited in severalforms, to show its capabilities—in the rough, with oneface polished; table in five pieces; turned specimens; avase, &c. It can be raised of large size, and of greatvariety.
Red porphyry, and agate or pebble, with polished faces.[The limestone of Skillicore and Coshnahawin is of thecarboniferous period, and is broken up into rhomboidalblocks, the intervals being often filled with quartz. Therock exhibits a beautiful variegated appearance, but is toomuch fractured, and appears to be too hard to be workedwith profit as a marble.—D. T. A.]
140 CoLLES, A., Marble Wot'ks, Kilkenny , Ireland —
Manufacturer.
Bust pedestal of Kilkenny marble, from the BlackQuarry.
141 Meredith, James Henry, Fowey , Cornwall —
Proprietor.
Slab of black porphyry, polished on both sides.
Slab of red porphyry, polished on both sides.
Slab of green porphyry, polished on one side, and partlypolished on the other.
Tessellated porphyry table, containing 54 specimens ofindigenous stones raised in the parish of Withiel, in thecounty of Cornwall , from a porphyry quarry, which hasbeen worked for fourteen or fifteen years; it was polishedin the mills at Fowey Castle Mine, in the parish of Ty-wardreath.
.Porphyries are principally used for ornamental archi-tecture, such as floorings, ceilings, and sides of rooms,passages, porches, and entrances of various descriptions;tables, recesses, tessellated pavements, monuments,columns, &c.
142 Rossmore, Lord, Rossmore Park, Monaghan ,
Specimen of green granite from Rossmore Park, countyMonaghan. _
143 Courtown, Earl of, Courtown House, Wexford —
Producer.
Block of jasper.
144 Franklin, Plimeas Lewis, G-alway, Ireland —
Proprietor.
Block of black marble, with polished surface. Blackmarble columns for statues, from quarries on the banksof Lough Corrib, near Galway ; used also for ornamentalmarble works, monuments, tombs, &e.
145 Malahide, Lord Talbot de, Malahide Castle,
Londonderry —Producer.
Specimens of Irish verd antique.
146 Hall, Joseph & Thomas, Marble Works, Derby —
Manufactu r era.
Series of pieces of Derbyshire black marble, arranged
in a columnar form, showing the process of turning, po-lishing, &c., from the rough block to the finished article.
Similar series in Derbyshire alabaster, to illustrate themode of manufacturing from the raw material.
148 Manderson, W.—Producer.
Marbles of Ireland , of various colours, prepared at theKillaloe marble works, on the banks of the Shannon, andraised in the neighbouring districts. Exported fromLimerick.
149 Damon, Robert, Weymouth — Proprietor.
Polished slabs of septaria, or turtle stone, from theOxford clay formation, Weymouth, Dorset .
[The septaria, of which these are favourable specimens,are obtained from all the principal clays found inEngland, and consist of concretionary portions in whichthe carbonate of lime, at first disseminated through thewhole mass, had collected, during or before the finaldrying of the bed. The carbonate of lime, afterwardscrystallizing, occupied a still smaller space, as it wasdeprived of all extraneous matter, and the crevices thusformed, have subsequently been filled up. There is oftenan organic centre to the concretions of which the septariais formed. The name septaria is derived from the Latin septum, an inclosure.—D. T. A.]
150 Monteiro, Luis Antonio, 2 Upper Phillimore
Place, Kensington —Producer.
Specimen of stalagmite, or Oriental alabaster, veinedin colours, from Granada.
151 Quilliam & Creer, Castletown, Isle of Man —Producers.
Slabs of Poolvash black marble, inlaid with red andyellow composition, to imitate encaustic tiles. Inventedand designed by the Rev. J. G. Cumming.
Plain polished slab of Poolvash black marble.
Table of Poolvash grey shelly marble, with encrinitalcolumn.
National tile one foot square. Poolvash black marble,with the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales , andthe Isle of Man , in figures inlaid in red.
Slab of black marble, for chess table, inlaid withvarious marbles of the Isle of Man .
Wreath of flowers in Poolvash black marble,
153a Trenchard, Trenchard John —Producer.
Specimens of stone from the Roxwell quarry,’ nearWeymouth.
154 Sparks, W., Crewkerne —Collector.
Specimens of stone from the counties of Dorset, Somer-set, and Devon :—
Greensand, a silicious stone, from Blackdown Hills,Devon , used as a whetstone for scythes, &c.
Purbeckmarble; Purbeckstone; Portland stone. Build-ing stone from Ridgway; and limestone from LangtonHerring, near Weymouth .
Building stones, white and calcareous, from Bothen-hampton, near Bridport, and Beaminster, Dorset ; alsofrom Bath, Doulting, near Wells, and Crewkerne,Somerset .
Ferruginous stone, for public buildings, mill-dams,&c., from Hamdon Hill, Somerset .
Blue lias limestone, for docks, railways, &c., fromLyme Regis, Dorset , from Curry Rivell, near Langport,and from Keinton, Somerset .