APPENDIX
Reading edition
WEIGHT OF MATERIAL
lbs. per cubic foot
Asphalte (gritted) 156·00
Brick (common) from 97·31
Brick (common) to 125·00
Brick (red) 135·50
Brick (pale red) 130·31
Brick (Common London Stock) 115·00
Brick paving (English clinker) 103·31
Brick paving (Dutch clinker) 92·62
Brickwork in mortar, about 110·00
Cement (Roman) and sand (equal parts) 113·56
Cement alone (cast) 100·00
Chalk from 125·00
Chalk to 166·00
Chalk (Dorking) 116·81
Clay (common) 119·93
Clay (with gravel) 160·00
Concrete (lime) 130·00
Concrete (cement) 136·00
Earth (common) from 95·00
Earth (common) from 124·00
Earth (loamy) 126·00
Earth (rammed) 99·00
Earth (loose or sandy) 95·00
Firestone 112·00
Flint from 161·25
Flint to 164·37
Granite from 158·62
Granite to 187·47
Gravel 109·32
Iron (bar) from 475·00
Iron (bar) to 487·50
Iron (hammered) 485·18
Iron (not hammered) 475·00
Iron (cast) from 450·00
Iron (cast) to 475·00
Lead (milled) 712·93
Lead (cast) 709·50
Lime (quick) 52·68
Marble from 161·25
Marble to 177·50
Mortar (New) 110·00
Mortar (of river sand 3 parts, of lime in paste 2 parts) 100·93
Mortar well beaten together 118·31
Mortar (of pit sand) 99·25
Mortar well beaten together 118·93
Mortar (common of chalk, lime and sand, dry) 96·87
Mortar (lime, sand, and hair for plastering dry) 86·50
Sand (pure quartz) 171·87
Sand (river) 117·87
Sand (River Thames best) 102·37
Sand (pit, clean but coarse) 100·62
Sand (pit, but fine grained) 92·50
Sand (road grit) 93·37
Sand (River Thames inferior) 90·87
Slate, Welsh 180·50
Slate, Anglesea 179·75
Slate, Westmoreland (pale blue) 174·73
Slate, Westmoreland (fine-grained pale blue) 170·75
Slate, Westmoreland (dark blue) 173·43
Slate, Westmoreland (pale greenish blue) 173·00
Slate, Westmoreland (black blue for floors) 172·37
Slate, Welsh rag 172·00
Slate, Cornwall (greyish blue) 157·00
Snow from 8·00
Snow to 14·00
Shingle 95·00
Steel from 486·25
Steel to 490·00
Stone, Bath (roe stone) 155·87
Stone, Bath 123·43
Stone, blue lias (limestone) 54·18
Stone, Bramley Fall (sandstone) 56·62
Stone, Bristol 56·87
Stone, Caen 31·75
Stone, Clitheroe (limestone) 67·87
Stone, Derbyshire (red friable sandstone) 46·62
Stone, Dundee 58·12
Stone, Hilton (sandstone) 36·06
Stone, Kentish rag 66·00
Stone, Ketton (roe stone) 55·87
Stone, Kincardine (sandstone) 53·00
Stone, Penarth (limestone) 65·81
Stone, Portland (roe stone) 53·81
Stone, Portland 151·43
Stone, Purbeck 67·50
Stone, Woodstock (flagstone) 63·37
Stone, Yorkshire (paving) 56·68
Tile (common plain) 16·15
Water (sea) 64·18
Water (rain) 62·50
Wood (ash) 50·00
Wood (birch) 45·00
Wood (beech) 45·00
Wood (elm, common, dry) 34·00
Wood (fir, Memel dry) 34·00
Wood (fir, Norway spruce) 32·00
Wood (fir, Riga dry) 29·12
Wood (fir, Scotch dry) 26·80
Wood (larch, white wood seasoned) 22·75
Wood (larch, dry) 38·31
Wood (oak, English seasoned) 48·56
Wood (oak, Dantzic seasoned) 47·24
Wood (oak, Riga dry) 43·00
Zinc 450·00