APPENDIX

WEIGHT OF MATERIAL

lbs. per
cubic foot
Asphalte (gritted)156·00
Brick (common) from97·31
Brick (common) to125·00
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, about110·00
Cement (Roman) and sand (equal parts)113·56
Cement alone (cast)100·00
Chalk from125·00
Chalk to166·00
Chalk (Dorking)116·81
Clay (common)119·93
Clay (with gravel)160·00
Concrete (lime)130·00
Concrete (cement)136·00
Earth (common) from95·00
Earth (common) from124·00
Earth (loamy)126·00
Earth (rammed)99·00
Earth (loose or sandy)95·00
Firestone112·00
Flint from161·25
Flint to164·37
Granite from158·62
Granite to187·47
Gravel109·32
Iron (bar) from475·00
Iron (bar) to487·50
Iron (hammered)485·18
Iron (not hammered)475·00
Iron (cast) from450·00
Iron (cast) to475·00
Lead (milled)712·93
Lead (cast)709·50
Lime (quick)52·68
Marble from161·25
Marble to177·50
Mortar (New)110·00
Mortar (of river sand 3 parts, of lime in paste 2 parts)100·93
Mortar well beaten together118·31
Mortar (of pit sand)99·25
Mortar well beaten together118·93
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, Welsh180·50
Slate, Anglesea179·75
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 rag172·00
Slate, Cornwall (greyish blue)157·00
Snow from8·00
Snow to14·00
Shingle95·00
Steel from486·25
Steel to490·00
Stone, Bath (roe stone)155·87
Stone, Bath123·43
Stone, blue lias (limestone)54·18
Stone, Bramley Fall (sandstone)56·62
Stone, Bristol56·87
Stone, Caen31·75
Stone, Clitheroe (limestone)67·87
Stone, Derbyshire (red friable sandstone)46·62
Stone, Dundee58·12
Stone, Hilton (sandstone)36·06
Stone, Kentish rag66·00
Stone, Ketton (roe stone)55·87
Stone, Kincardine (sandstone)53·00
Stone, Penarth (limestone)65·81
Stone, Portland (roe stone)53·81
Stone, Portland151·43
Stone, Purbeck67·50
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
Zinc450·00