10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPLINTERY»
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splintery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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It is nearly black, splintery, and slacks readily on exposure. Air-dried samples are
reported to contain in round numbers from 4 to 7 per cent of moisture, 31 to 54
per cent of volatile combustible matter, 26 to 41* per cent of fixed carbon, 9 to 16
...
2
Geological Survey Professional Paper
... conchoidal fracture and sharp splintery edges, and grades into (3) burley clay,
so called because of the presence of 'burls' or shot-like particles (oolites) or small
nodules (pisolites), which usually are highly aluminous in character. As the ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1984
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 Treatise on the External Characters of Minerals
Sect. 185. — In compact fracture no distinct parts are discernible ; but the minute
particles are, in a manner, uninterruptedly connected with each other. It is the
most common kind of fracture, and is further divided into splintery, even,
conchoidal, ...
Abraham Gottlob Werner, 1850
Ft. In. Greenish-gray sandstone ; when free from pebbles it is probable that the
sandstone at this point would in parts be fit for grindstones 8 0 Greenish-gray
strong arenaceous shale or splintery soft sandstone 62 0 Greenish-gray splintery
...
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly, 1846
Preciout S.rjn%ti ie,— a. Splintery f redout Serpcntinf. vol i. p. 94 .— Edler
Serpentrn, Stefens, b. i. s. 271. Id.. Lenz, b. ii. s. 6.56. Id. Oken, b. i. s. 331. Id. lloff.
b. ii. s. 261. Id. Haus. Handb. b. ii. s. 756. This mineral is divided into two sub-
kinds, viz.
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Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of ...
62 0 Greenish-gray sandstone, with some seatGreenish_gray splintery
sandstone .......... .. 3 0 tered pebbles ............... ............. .. 149 0 Greenish-
graystrong arenaceous shale, with Measures not well seen, been covered by a
thin band of red ...
Canada. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1846
8
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
Sometimes crystallized in same forms as common quartz. Surface of the
concretions rough and transversely streaked. Lustre shining, approaching to
glistening, and rcsino-vitre- ous. Fracture conchoidal, passing into splintery.
Translucent.
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830
9
A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils
With the splintery fracture a certain degree of transparency is always combined,
even if the fossil to which it pertains should be translucent only ; for otherwise the
splinters would not be perceptible. If fossils occur with a splintery fracture, and ...
Abraham Gottlob Werner, 1805
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
Surface of the concretions rough and transversely streaked. Lustre shining,
approaching to glistening, and resino-vitreous. Fracture conchoidal, passing into
splintery. Translucent. Geognostic and Geografihic Situations — It occurs in
primitive ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPLINTERY»
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Ebecho Muslimova Draws a Clumsy, Manic Alter Ego
In “Fatebe Floor Piece,” she has somehow managed to cut a splintery circle in a gallery's wooden floor, using her head like a jigsaw. “Fatebe Dirt Hole” could be ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
A Dream Home Inside a Nightmare House
... some projects looked impressive from the outside, but the interior stairs were falling apart, the living room had unfinished splintery floors and the fancy painted ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Volusia County leaders vote on beach improvements
"It looks a little older with nails sticking up through, it's splintery. I wouldn't like to walk on it bare footed that's for sure,” tourist Clint Shannon said. County officials ... «WFTV Orlando, Jul 15»
Always game for softball: Winona man honored for 60 years of …
The old one, he said, was peeling and splintery, and he wanted to improve the experience for people watching. He said it's his dream for the city's fields to be ... «Winona Daily News, Jul 15»
Elkhorn man found passion in wood carving
This was Connolly's first real interaction with handling wood, and one day while chopping timber for the fire, he noticed something odd in the splintery lumber. «Fremont Tribune, Jul 15»
5 Ways To Repair Your Nails After A Gel Manicure, Because Yes …
Post-gel nails are often splintery, rough in texture, and at the worst of times, jagged. The solution to woefully desecrated tips is a regimen of what might be called ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
Sea and Sky's Sassicaia is an auspicious debut
... to simulate orchestral and prog-rock textures; these eventually come together in a long, ecstatic finale over which Hayes flings flurries of splintery notes. «Straight.com, Apr 15»
Bravo for the weird Music Box Roving Village in City Park
As the sun set on the old golf course on the eastern edge of City Park, chiming, trilling and banging arose from the set of six splintery sculptural structures ... «NOLA.com, Apr 15»
Album Review: Grand Lake Islands
Ghosts—of past relationships, of cities once lived in—quite literally haunt the album, whether through foggy pedal steel or splintery vocals weaving in and out of ... «Willamette Week, Feb 15»
This perilous moral adventure
With his acute insights and splintery wit, his bright flashes of surrealism, his sad, sly depictions of secret goings-on behind the clipped hedges of Shady Hill, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
