Quarries

Quarries.
(Literally -Squares.)
Square or Diamond shaped panes of glass (usually quite small) supported and joined together by lead strips called Calms or Cames.
Square floor slabs or tiles known as Quarry Tiles.

Former quarries near Buffalo:
Penn Dixie, Hamburg, NY. Had windom shale. Now a nature preserve operated by the Hamburg Natural history Society (716-627-4560)
Pleasant Avenue, Hamburg, NY. Had black shale used for bricks ...

Quarries
- small panes of glass, usually diamond shaped, held in lead strips.

New quarries within Germany and Austria were established by the SS, who set up concentration camps such as Mauthausen, Flossenbürg, Natzweiler and Gross-Rosen,[42] where inmates were forced to quarry stone for Hitler's buildings.

Franks, A Book of Ornamental Glazing Quarries (London, 1849); A Booke of Sundry Draughtes, principaly serving for Glasiers (London, 1615, reproduced 1900); F. G.

Construction of pyramids first began in quarries where men chiseled granite blocks until they were the exact shape needed. Special rods were used to verify that each block was perfectly shaped.

During the sixteenth century there were large numbers of disused Byzantine churches which were used as quarries for marble columns thus the Ottoman buildings of this period tend to use more columns than earlier or later periods.

In limestone quarries where impact crushers are used, GSB can be manufactured as the product of one crusher with no treatment other than straightforward screening that removes any oversize pieces.

Synonyms: Purbeck Stone Quarriessearch for term
1. Square or lozenge shaped panes of glass supported by lead strips. In medieval times they were sometimes painted with a yellow stain. They usually form a background for painted figures.

The steps of the inner pyramid were covered in hand-chiseled limestone taken from the quarries of Aswan farther down the Nile River. The appearance in the day of the Ancient Egyptians was that of a shimmering white mountain.

Austin Stone is a type of stone named after the stone quarries in Austin, Texas. On older homes, natural Austin stone is set in orderly rows or irregular patterns.

Quadripartite rib-vaultA vault with two pairs of diagonal ribs dividing each bay into four triangular compartments or cells.QuarriesSquare (or diamond) panes of glass supported by lead strips (cames); square floor slabs or tiles.

See also: Architecture, House, Limestone, Brick, Roman