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Excerpt from Quarries of Bluestone and Other Sandstones in the Upper Devonian of New York State The first official study of the building stones of New York was made by Dr James Hall, state geologist, in preparation for a report to the commissioners of the new state capitol in 1868. His examination of the building stones available for this great building led to the formation of a collection of large cubes dressed on different sides to Show various modes of treatment, which is now the nucleus of a large collection in the Geological hall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.