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all the lieat which wholesome conditions require can be 
obtained without difficulty and with great economy. 
Reference should here be made to the highly ornamental 
tile stove exhibited by Messrs. Minton, Hollins & Co., 
No. 107 of their list, already referred to. It was specially 
designed for the cabin of a yacbt, and was an example of 
the use of tilcs for overlaying metal stoves, or frames, 
rather than as constituting the body of the stove or chief 
repository of the heat. 
IY. Terea-Cotta-Beick. 
At each sncceeding great Exhibition, the importance of 
the indnstry of brick appears to be xnore fully recognized 
and represented. Always interesting to constructors, it 
becomes more generally so to the public as attention is 
more and more directed to ornamental forms and colors. 
This tendency happily exists, and, as we shall see, has 
already resulted in Europe in the production of a variety 
of very useful forms of building brick, of enamelled brick, 
and of elaborate decorative work in terra-cotta, both plain 
and enamelled, in colors. 
Brick Industry—United States. 
An idea of the magnitude of the brick industry in the 
United States may be obtained from the statistics collected 
for the last census. According to the reports, there are 
3,114 establishments for making brick, with 372 steam- 
engines, aggregating 10,333 horse-power; 19 water-wheels, 
218 horse-power, and 43,293 persona employed. Capital 
invested, $20,504,238; wages paid, $10,768,853; materials 
used valued at $7,413,097, and value of the product $29,- 
028,359. 
Massachusetts has 107 establishments, 2,901 hands em 
ployed. Capital invested, $2,435,310; value of materials 
used, $978,508, and value of product, $2,251,984. Of brick 
and tilemakers together, 26,070 are reported; and the total 
value of the products, $29,302,016, against $12,263,147 in 
1860.