The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-07-15
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in one Of the busiest streets in Lyoas
with such success that contracts arr
being made By many cities all OVER In
rope for IL 10 replace Belgian block. II
Paris an entire palace Of IL Is being hail,
for the great exposition
Il The material. which il SO strong Rhai
II can withstand usage under which
Belgian black crumhles away, was in.
vented BY freaeh scientist in Chagny
burgundy, where he conducted his Rvsi
lexperiments- II took long time foH
hIn 10 get anyone TO consider his in
/ FenIion seriously. aud when he asked
The municipal authorities of Lyons for
Permission to pave the principal streets
OF that city at his own expense he found
il hard 10 get them TO assent. However,
| after persistent effort, be won, and a
! few months ago he was authorized IL
so ahead with his novel experiment
Perhaps such a permission. at least
/ without more convincing practical re
suits 70 back il up. would never have
+ been granted in an American city. But
the French are a nation Of experiment.
I ers and always ready and willing 10 try
I something new. Louis Garehey, the
inventor, took q conservative advantage
I Of his privilege. He paved only a por-
lion Of one street. selecting for the pur-
pose q crowded section of the Place
! de Ia Republicans. which is crowded day
and night with heavy traffic
Under his direction the pavement of
Ceramic stone" was laid and finished
/ IN November last, and il Is now as sound
as when il was first put down. The ex-
I pertinent has been pronounced BY the
experts. who were skeptical in the be-
ginning, as entirely successful, and so
thoroughly satisfied have they become
with the practical usefulness of its in
ventioH that they are preparing now
large contracts for similar pavementx
in other European cities
The glass pavement is laid in the
form of blocks. eight inches square,
each block containing Is parts in the
form OF checkers The blocks are fitted
together so closely that no water can
soak between them
The advantages OF the glass pave
ment as developed so far are its resist
anee, which is greater than that of
stone; its property as poor conductor
OF cold, owing TO which ice will not
form on it readily; its resistance to
! dirt, which does not accumulate on il
as easily as on stone, and its quality
not to retain microbes.
The Central Architectural society Of
France made report on the material
recently, in which it said:
Prom the various forms in which this
material is presented. it's use can be
readily determined for both practical
and decorative purposes. On careful
examination We find that the Garchey
ceramic stone is glass brought to
/ special molecular condition In a GER
/ tain sense il constitutes a new sub
stance which resembles flagstone, gran
/ lite or marble
This new product is obtained from
broken glass heated 10 a temperature
of 1850 degrees and compressed in mat
riees by hydraulic force. The physical
Transformation of the glass is due to
identification under the process. The
phenomenon Of identification produces
sort Of dissolution more apparent than
real, for upon chemical analysis the
devitrifed glass is found 20 possess all
the intrinsic qualities (physical and
chemicaD of glass. except the trans
/ parency, while taking on an entirely
different aspect. Furthermore. glass
treated under this new method is made
to resist crushing, frost and heavy
shocks. and to stand hard usage"
Apart from paving material, there
low IS being produced from old glass
an excellent building material, which
! is being used for buildings and interior
decorations much as is cut stone. II
possesses all the intrinsic qualities Of
glass except transparency, and at the
same time is made TO resist crushing.
frost, heavy shocks and stand usage.
\ proposition to erect a glass holise-
luminous palace-for the Paris expo
sitiOn next year has been accepted. and
the building will present completely
the possibilities of glass as L struc-
tural material. Ir. Garchey says that
be feels confident that within three
years time glass houses win be so com
mon that they will not attract the slight
est attention.
The glass palace which he will build
FOR the exposition was described thus
by him:
In the middle on garden where
green sward is only broken by flower
embroidered. gravelly walks, le palais
iuminense will stand. II will throw out
into the garden an ingeniCusly adorned
silhouette resembling a jewel set With
the phosphorescent tones imbedded in
green foliage and sward.
The principal facade, in the form
Of an immense portieo roof, surmount-
ed with spires, and a winged statue rep
refsntiDg light. will be supported by
heavy columns. The ground floor.
reached By double flight Of stairs, will
be large exposition room. Right and
TO the left will BE- large glass basins IN
glass grotto~- In the interior Of The
hall will be I'VE large openings. in which
will be represented the five divisions
OF the globe, quintuple. polychrone
vision; Europe bathed in the dawn
of the morning: Asia baskinz in the
golden light Of midsummer; Africa.
With Sun burning in waves Of Grim
son; America, lost in a mist of pale
hyaeinth and the tints Of sunset: Ocean
lea. IN an atmosphere of lapis IazuA -
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