The millstone industry : a summary of research on quarries and producers in the United States, Europe and elsewhere /

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Author / Creator:	Hockensmith, Charles D.
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
Description:	xiv, 269 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Quarries and quarrying. Millstones. Quarries and quarrying -- United States. Millstones -- United States. Millstones. Quarries and quarrying. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7730108

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ISBN:	9780786438600 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786438606 (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-254) and index.
Summary:	"Primarily based on archival research and brief accounts published in geological and historical volumes, it focuses on conglomerate, granite, flint, quartzite, gneiss, and sandstone quarries in different regions and states, along with a general overview of the rise and fall of the American millstone industry"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Early American Millstone Documents, 1628-1829
2. Millstone Quarrying in the United States
Conglomerate Quarries
Granite Quarries
Flint and Buhrstone Quarries
Quartzite Quarries
Gneiss Quarries
Sandstone Quarries
Dolomite Quarries
Sienite Quarries
Unspecified Materials
Boulders Used for Millstones
3. Millstone Makers and Urban Factories
4. The Rise and Fall of the American Millstone Industry: Producers, Annual Values, and Decline
Millstone Producers
Millstone Values
Millstone Industry Decline
5. Foreign Millstones Imported to America
England
France
Germany
All Millstones Imported into the United States
6. The Millstone Quarrying Industry Outside the United States
Albania
Austria
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg
Norway
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Studies on Millstones and Querns of Ancient Rome
Miscellaneous Millstone Quarries and Studies
7. Artificial Millstones
8. Tools Used in Making and Sharpening Millstones
Tools Used by Millstone Cutters
Tools Used to Sharpen Millstones
9. Working Conditions and Hazards in the Millstone Industry
Tool Related Injuries
Silicosis
Other Injuries
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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