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  • For the covering of the roof we took out roofing-paper, and for the floor linoleum.

    The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations 2009

  • For the covering of the roof we took out roofing-paper, and for the floor linoleum.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • For the fastening of the roofing-paper they used little circular plates of tin called

    Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Corydon heard with dismay that it would be necessary to paint this roofing-paper black; and Thyrsis, by way of compensation, agreed that the weather-boards should have some "natural finish", instead of common paint.

    Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Corydon too was interested in these discoveries, and became skilled at holding weather-boards while her husband nailed them, and at helping to unroll and measure roofing-paper, and climbing up the ladder and holding it in place.

    Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

  • For the covering of the roof we took out roofing-paper, and for the floor linoleum.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Roald Amundsen 1900

  • For the covering of the roof we took out roofing-paper, and for the floor linoleum.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900

  • A wooden house must first be covered with two thicknesses of roofing-paper, then by wire lathing.

    Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892

  • Its surface is covered with large masses of floating crust, black and smooth, like leather or roofing-paper, and between these masses, or islands, the molten lava shows in broad, vivid lines.

    Time and Change John Burroughs 1879

  • Some of them are used for oiling machinery; tar is used for dyes; naphtha dissolves resin to use in varnish; benzine is the great cleanser of clothes, printers 'types, and almost everything else; gasoline runs automobiles, motors, and many sorts of engines; paraffin makes candles, seals jelly glasses, covers the heads of matches so that they are no longer spoiled by being wet, and makes the ever-useful "waxed paper"; printers' ink and waterproof roofing-paper both owe a debt to petroleum.

    Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892

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