. The miller, millwright and millfurnisher. Fig. 171.—Right Fig. 172.—Wrong Way. burrs are apt to be deficient in workmanship and in selection of millstones are built of blocks, fitted and numbered at the quarrywith a view simply not to waste stock, and without any consideration for thequality of the stone. Burr-stone cement is used in the joints, plaster-of-paris in the back. Thecement is partly composed of pulverized burr stone. This cement will standwheat and middlings grinding nearly if not quite as well as the stone, and itis hard to distinguish the cement from the stone.
. The miller, millwright and millfurnisher. Fig. 171.—Right Fig. 172.—Wrong Way. burrs are apt to be deficient in workmanship and in selection of millstones are built of blocks, fitted and numbered at the quarrywith a view simply not to waste stock, and without any consideration for thequality of the stone. Burr-stone cement is used in the joints, plaster-of-paris in the back. Thecement is partly composed of pulverized burr stone. This cement will standwheat and middlings grinding nearly if not quite as well as the stone, and itis hard to distinguish the cement from the stone. Plaster should never beused to cement the blocks together. White lead and glycerine, for fillingholes in stone faces, cause poisoning. La-Ferte-SOUS-Jouarre.—La-Ferte-sous-Jouarre, the centre of themillstone industry, is in the middle of the valley formed by the Marne,and running east and west. On both sides of this river are hills from 60 to 70meters above the water level. The geological characteristics of La-Ferte LA-FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE. 291 show all thro
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