 Potomac" marble, or sometimes calico marble, in reference to its structure and spotted appearance. The formation from whence it is derived is said to commence near the mouth of the Monocacy River, and to extend along the Potomac to Point of Rocks, and...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 221834Full view - About this book
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1889 - 908 pages
...commence near the mouth of the Monocacy River and to extend along the Potomac to Point of Rocks, and along the valley on the eastern side of the Catoctin Mountain to within 2 miles of Frederick. The Curator is informed, moreover, that the same formation occurs in Virginia,... | |
 | George Perkins Merrill - Building stones - 1889 - 414 pages
...commence near the month of the Monocacy River and to extend along the Potomac to Point of Rocks, and along the valley on the eastern side of the Catoctin Mountain to within 2 miles of Frederick. The Curator is informed, moreover, that the same formation occurs in Virginia,... | |
 | George Perkins Merrill - Building stones - 1891 - 506 pages
...commence near the mouth of the Monocacy River, and to extend along the Potomac to Point of Rocks, and along the valley on the eastern side of the Catoctin Mountain to within 2 miles of Frederick. The writer is informed, moreover, that the same formation occurs in Virginia,... | |
 | John Watson, Sedgwick Museum - Building stones - 1916 - 510 pages
...parallel with the banks of the Potomac, hence the name by which the rock is known commercially. It extends along the valley on the eastern side of the Catoctin Mountain, nearly as far as Frederick. The texture of this stone renders it unsuitable for carved work, as the... | |
 | United States National Museum - Anthropology - 1926 - 1200 pages
...commence near the mouth of the Monocacy River, and to extend along the Potomac to Point of Rocks and along the valley on the eastern side of the Catoctin Mountain to within 2 miles of Frederick. The writer is Informed, moreover, that the same formation occurs in Virginia,... | |
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