10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORNSTONE»
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hornstone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hornstone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Report of the Committee on Sedimentation
Although Schoolcraft applied the term "hornstone" to a typical chert, we find
Bakewell1, in 1839, stating that a flinty slate without the slaty cleavage becomes
hornstone or what the French call petro-silex. Lyell2 (l839) put a further stamp of
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sedimentation, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, William Henry Twenhofel, 1938
2
Arrowpoints, Spearheads, and Knives of Prehistoric Times
A thorough and lavishly illustrated history of the weapons and tools our prehistoric ancestors used to survive.
Ilurmlcnc,—lst Kind, splintery Hornstone. ticles. It is sometimes raised in large
blocks, which, when tastefully cut and polished, have an uncommonly beautiful
appearance. The pedestal of the statue of Gustav» vus III. in Stockholm, and
many ...
4
A description of the minerals in the Leskean Museum
445 Hornstone passing from the pearl grey, into red, with some Quartz and Mica
intermixed ; from Rochliz in Saxony. Ren. the Hornstone fotnu id this variety, the
basis of a Porphyry. 446 Reddish brown Hornstone, with an adhering Quartz ...
Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten, 1798
5
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
... or Hornstone. See Petrosilex. LA'PIS FUN'GIFER, or Mushroom-Stonb, a genus
of calcareous earth found near Rome, Naples, and Florence. I. I. Ferber may be
considered as the first person who gave a description of it, in his Letters from ...
6
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
See APIUM, BUBON, LIGUSTICUM, and stsoN. PETROSI'LEX, s. ROCK-FLINT,
HORNSTONE, or CHERT; in mineralogy, a genus of siliceous earth. Generic
characters-Consistiug of the greater part silex, about twenty-two per cent.
alumine, ...
7
Natural history of New York
It has been extensively quarried for the Genesee Valley canal. In appearance it
much resembles the Onondaga stone ; but the presence of large quantities of
hornstone, and the occurrence of some fossils peculiar to the corniferous ...
New York (State). Natural History Survey, 1843
8
Geology of New-York: Part IV comprising the survey of the ...
... is well devoloped, forming thicker strata than elsewhere in the district. It has
been extensively quarried for the Genesee Valley canal. In appearance it much
resembles the Onondaga stone ; but the presence of large quantities of
hornstone ...
William W. Mather, James of Hall, 1843
9
Geology of New York: Geology of the first geological ...
... thicker strata than elsewhere in the district. It has been extensively quarried for
the Genesee Valley canal. In appearance it much resembles the Onondaga
stone ; but the presence of large quantities of hornstone, and the occurrence of
some ...
10
Geology of New York; Comprising The Geology Of The Fourth ...
It contains numerous nodules of hornstone, and the strata are sometimes
separated by irregular layers of the same. In other localities these layers of
hornstone increase in number and thickness to the almost entire exclusion of
calcareous ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORNSTONE»
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Holding history in your hand
Indiana Hornstone, found on the Indiana-Kentucky border is light gray with tan and yellow tinges. We would find all kinds in our hunts, some ... «Times Bulletin, Jun 15»
Gardens and plants to look out for, from pineapple guava hedges to …
The dry stone walls are recycled “mill backings” worked by a stonemason from Huddersfield and the dry riverbed is made of a “hornstone” ... «Financial Times, May 15»
Chance to learn more about the ancient Kentraugh Mill
The middle stone is a French burr stone and is made of chalcedonic hornstone, found in the Paris basin. It is built up out of 25 pieces, fitted ... «Isle of Man Today, May 14»
Car Year, Make, & Model Database Now Made Available to Public …
... manufactured in the United States from year to year”, notes Jake Hornstone, Marketing Director with CarYearMakeModelDatabase.com. «WebWire, Oct 10»
