APPENDIX
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 |