10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLATE-COLOURED»
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slate-coloured in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
slate-coloured and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Annual Report of the Secretary for Mines on the Working of ...
(Commenced 3ist July, 1890; §inished 18th September, l890. Strata pierced.
Thickness. it. in. Surface clay 17 9 Sandstone ll 2 Brown shale 0 5 Grey
sandstone 49 6 Slate-coloured clod 4 5 Brown shale 0 5 Grey sandstone 8 4
Slate-coloured ...
Victoria. Department of Mines, 1891
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Catalogue of Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology: ...
Paste slate-coloured, with black lustrous surface, showing horizontal lathe marks.
E. 220. Vase, 6 inches high ; greatest diameter of body *!\ inches. Paste light slate
colour, with dull black surface. The neck ornamented with three horizontal ...
Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Trenham Reeks, Henry Thomas De La Beche, 1876
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Essex Naturalist: Being the Journal of the Essex Field Club
36 Slate-coloured sandy loam [specimen at 100, pale grey, calcareous] 70 ... 106
Blue sandy clay 9 ... 115 Blue clay, with small chalk stones [specimen at 116,
compacted (? clayey) sand, calcareous, with chalk grains] 3 ... 118 [Glacial Drift z.
4
Coloured illustrations of British birds and their eggs
The head and neck of the adult male are slate-coloured, the lower parts of the
neck reflecting metallic colours. The shoulders and back are slate- coloured, and
the lower parts of the back, the rump, and the upper tail-coverts are also of the ...
Henry Leonard Meyer, 1847
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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, ...
Drab sandy clay Various coloured stiff clays Slate coloured stiff clay... Gray clayey
sand, striped with brown [better water] Slate coloured clay Striped slate coloured
clay Gray pipe clay Striped slate coloured clay Grey clayey sand [brackish ...
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Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society ...
Drab sandy clay Various coloured stiff /days Slate coloured stiff clay... G-ray
clayey sand, striped with brown [better water] Slate coloured clay Striped slate
coloured clay Gray pipe clay Striped slate coloured clay Grey clayey sand [
brackish ...
Royal Society of South Australia, 1882
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South ...
18 Gray clayey sand, striped with brown [better water] 8 Slate coloured clay 9
Striped slate coloured cla 3 Gray pipe clay l 10 Striped slate coloured clay 10
Grey clayey sand [brackish water] 2 Slate coloured clay 6 Light coloured sandy
clay ...
Royal Society of South Australia, 1882
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Nests and eggs of Australian birds: including the ...
He wrote : " During a residence of twenty-six years in Fiji I have had many
opportunities of observing both the blue or slate-coloured Heron (Demiegretta
sacra) ,and the pure white variety, and until this year I was under the belief that
they were ...
Archibald James Campbell, 1901
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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
18 Gray clayey sand, striped with brown [better water] 8 Slate coloured clay ... ... ..
. ... 9 Striped slate coloured clay ... ... ... 8 Gray pipe clay ... ... ... ... 10 Striped slate
coloured clay ... ... ... 10 Grey clayey sand [brackish water] ... ... 2 Slate coloured ...
Royal Society of South Australia, Walter Howchin, 1882
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Shrikes and Bush-shrikes: Including Wood-shrikes, ...
SLATE-COLOURED. BOUBOU. scaic-ack, a scolding raaj-raaj-raaj- and grunting
C/73¢/<299,44s,5o0, 530, 631,717, 332. Sonagramsao, 717. BREEDING
BIOLOGY Little known. Monogamous and territorial; territory size varies from as
small ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLATE-COLOURED»
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slate-coloured is used in the context of the following news items.
Asia's best boat trips: Along the mighty Mekong
Instead, I am sitting on deck, cocooned in a towel against the fierce spray of water blowing in under the canopy, and watching the slate-coloured sky release ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
The Portofino for two
All red gold models are available with a choice of a slate-coloured or silver-plated dial as well as goldplated hands and appliqués. The stainless-steel versions ... «World Tempus, Jul 15»
Glastonbury Festival 2015 Day One: Super Furry Animals …
Sure enough it arrives about 5pm on the Friday with a tight greatest hits set of crowd-displeasing classics: curtains of slate-coloured rain, sudden temperature ... «MOJO, Jun 15»
Britain's queen makes first visit to ex-Nazi concentration camp
The queen, who had changed into a dark slate-coloured outfit from the earlier yellow one she wore to meet well-wishers at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, also ... «Expatica Germany, Jun 15»
A Messi outcome: when the deputy took on the dog
The deputy mayor looked up with concern at the slate-coloured sky. He had the weight advantage, he had the experience, but did he have the legs? «The Dominion Post, May 15»
The landscape of my heart
... Scottish weather, the painting carries for me a beautiful mystery; and in its trees, its fields, the slate-coloured sky, it offers a revelation of truth, as well as fiction. «Christie's, Feb 15»
Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland, pub review
From our shoreside table we gaze across the slate-coloured sea toward the majestic Cuillins of Skye, receding in layers of dark, hard granite, then soft pewter ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
SCIENCE AND NATURE: Not a bad show at the bird feeder
They were slate-coloured, Oregon (which included the pink-sided), white-winged, gray-headed (including the red-backed) and Guadalupe. Some authorities ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Nov 14»
Which junco is it anyway?
The subspecies known as slate-coloured dark-eyed junco is further divided into three races, each with its own variation on feather colour and where it lives. «Orillia Packet & Times, Nov 14»
Cosmic Monopoly – A review of Interstellar
His slate-coloured mindscapes typically strike the correct balance of commercially comprehensive entertainment against the grain of intellectual theorem. «kawarthaNOW.com, Nov 14»
