We have since procured branch-pipes to be made at the tile-works, such as are in use in England, and find them much more satisfactory. ❋ Henry Flagg French (N/A)
In 1857, tile-works were put in operation at Exeter; and some 40,000 tiles were made that year. ❋ Henry Flagg French (N/A)
In most tile-works, the tiles, after passing through the moulding-machine, are placed horizontally on shelves, which rise one above another to any convenient height, on which the tiles are dried by means of heated flues which traverse the sheds where the work is carried on; or they are allowed to dry without artificial heat. ❋ Henry Flagg French (N/A)
He wandered aimlessly over the surface of the earth until he came to a tile-works, more or less unenclosed, whose primitive ovens showed a glare. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)
Here there was an elevated position known as La Tuilerie -- otherwise the tile-works -- which had been fortified expressly to prevent the Germans from bursting upon Le Mans from the direct south. ❋ Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1887)
There, on the south bank, you may see the long walls and tall chimneys of numerous manufacturing establishments -- cotton-mills, silk filatures, rope-walks, glass-works, tile-works, powder-works -- all designed to introduce the arts of the West, and to wage an industrial war with the powers of Christendom. ❋ Unknown (1871)
The tile-works at the point of the promontory rest on ❋ Hugh Miller (1829)
A second set of fossils, which Dr. Emslie had derived from his tile-works at Blackpots, proved, I found, identical with those of the Eathie Lias. ❋ Hugh Miller (1829)
He listened to my advice, and actually had sufficient courage to take a lease of our tile-works, when he had not so much as a penny. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
A little group gathered about the bars across the entrance to the tile-works. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
The owner of the tile-works agreed to take it over without disputing about its condition, and I looked round for new tenants who would take their part in improving the industries of the canton. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
He bought the tile-works last year, and next year he will rebuild his house. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
It was so painful to see this laziness and incurable stupidity, and I so much disliked the sight of the tile-works, that I never came this way if I could help it. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
"It seems that a stream of water which rises in your property has changed its course and flows over some tile-works of the aforesaid Uncle ❋ Benito P��rez Gald��s (1881)
[Footnote 1: Traces of these tile-works are still discoverable in a field some three or four hundred yards on the London side of Tilbury. ❋ Various (1852)
