10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFUSORIAL EARTH»
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infusorial earth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
infusorial earth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mines and quarries 1902
The natural products that are used for abrasive purposes are as follows:
Buhrstones and millstones (conglomerate and granite); corundum and emery;
crystalline quartz; garnet; grindstones and pulpstones (sandstone); infusorial
earth, tripoli, ...
United States. Census Office. 12th census, 1900, William Mott Steuart, United States. Bureau of the Census, 1905
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Research in Economic History
gold and silver, granite, graphite, gypsum mines, infusorial earth, iron ore, lead
and zinc, limestone, marble, metallic paint, mica, millstone, natural gas, nickel
and cobalt, ochre mines, petroleum, precious stone, pyrites, quicksilver,
sandstone, ...
Christopher Hanes, Susan Wolcott, 2013
1, 1878, p. 85. Some of the Irish cherts are highly calcareous, representing
transitions to siliceous limestone. D. Siliceous oolite, Center County,
Pennsylvania. Analysis by Bergt, Abhandl. Cescll. Isis, 1892, p. 115. E. Infusorial
earth, Nevada.
DALL AND HARRIS. ,D \ INFUSORIAL EARTH. 115 by the action of the sea on
the rock, and afforded about forty species of mollnscau fossils, besides several
corals and corallines. The rock did not show any foraminifera, though several of
the ...
William Healey Dall, Gilbert Dennison Harris, 1892
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Disposal of radioactive wastes
Vacuum filters with a layer of infusorial earth have proved best for most
radioactive sludges. At Marcoule, this technique has been used for intermediate-
level sludges (40 MBq/m3-40 GBq/m3 (10_3 -1 Ci/m3)) with an 8- 10 % solid
phase ...
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The Techno-chemical receipt book
Lr'r'big first drewattention to infusorial earth as a valuable material for preparing
water-glass. B treating 24 parts ofiufusorial earth wit 1 72.6 of soda-lye of 1.135
specific gravity 46 parts of an excellent gelatinous compound are obtained which
...
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Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes: ...
80 parts Infusorial earth. . . . . 100 parts Red bole or white bole........ 50parts
Calcium carbonate.. 100 parts Add as much of the powders as desired. Mirbane
oil may be used for scentmg. Polishing Paste.— Infusorial e a r t h (Kieselguhr) .
Gardner Dexter Hiscox, 1930
lated by the plant in the free state — determined to apply infusorial earth to land
sown in wheat, and afterward with the microscope to search for the siliceous
shields of diato- maceae hi the straw. Of course, if these were to be found
occurring in ...
VARIOUS USES BEING FOUND FOR INFUSORIAL EARTH Numerous and
widely varied uses are being found for infusorial earth, the name applied to
deposits of the shells of tiny prehistoric marine animals. The output of California
and ...
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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
... headed the list of diatomite- producing States (Miller, 1907a, 1907b). This
material, described at the time as "infusorial earth" or "tripoli," was mined from the
lower part of the Calvert Formation — the oldest unit of the Chesapeake Group ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1902
