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THE fluidity of marble under pressure, of which Dr. See mentions an instance in NATURE (p. 56), has, I believe, been well established by laboratory experiments. Another instance of secular bending, similar to that quoted by Dr. See, was to be seen in two alabaster slabs which formed the jambs of a doorway in the Alhambra. Owing to the pressure brought to bear on these by the settlement of the building, they had bulged out from the wall by as much (if I remember right) as 6 or 7 inches. The slabs were about 7 feet long and a foot wide, their thickness being, perhaps, a couple of inches. Whether they are to be seen there still, or not, I do not know.
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PICKERING, S. The Secular Bending of Marble . Nature 67, 81 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067081a0
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