10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOADSTONE»
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toadstone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Toadstone: A Murder Mystery
What had a toadstone ring got to do with the homicides that Detective Sergeant Lisa Pharies found herself investigating?
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General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: ...
It will interest the curiosity of some to mention, that a vein or vertical fissure in the
3rd Toadstone, on the NEof Hopton Hall, was discovered about 1796, in cutting
the new or Via-Gcllia Road, which was six inches wide, and filled with a bright, ...
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, John Farey, 1811
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Agricultural Surveys: pts. 1-3. Derbyshire (1811-17)
I have therefore separated these interesting phenomena of the Limestone and
Toadstone strata, into twd Lists, viz. # \st, A List of Hummocks of the Mineral
Limestones and Toadstones. Aldwark Village and SW of it, near Brassington, 3rd
Lime ...
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, 1811
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The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby: Drawn Up ...
Maur Flat-works, in Taddington, in 2nd and 3rd lime, lea , pyrites, ore in
toadstone. May Sough, in Great Hucklow, in lst lime, lead. Meers, in Brassington,
in 4th lime, lead, white ore, green ore. Mcersl, in Cromford, in shale and lst lime,
lead, ...
Stephen Glover, Thomas Noble, 1831
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The geology of parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. (82 ...
came up; Farey, however, thinks that in the seven last mines Mr. White- hurst has
mistaken some occasional or " chance " beds of toadstone for the main mass. (
Conybcare and Phillips' Geology of England and Wales, p. 450.) There can be no
...
William Talbot Aveline, 1869
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The toadstone (not unlike the batrachite), also known as bufonite, is a mythical stone or gem thought to be found in, or produced by, a toad, and is supposed to be an antidote to poison.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, ...
pletely conveying the idea of the limestone having been deposited on the rough
uneven surface of what must have been at that time solid toadstone, and which
has since decomposed into clay. The toadstone has undoubtedly not been ...
William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt, 1838
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Weighing the World: The Reverend John Michell of Thornhill
There were no active volcanoes in Europe to produce basalt, and the question
remained open.208 In a paraphrase of Cavendish's notes above, Blagden told
Michell about the toadstone that he and Cavendish had seen on their journey
into ...
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A descriptive catalogue of the Rock Specimens in the museum ...
TOADSTONE ; LIMESTONE. Toadstone, Derby. Toadstone is a volcanic rock or
lava truly interbedded in the Carboniferous Limestone of Derbyshire, and is of the
same general geological age with the volcanic rocks of the Carboniferous ...
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Fourteenth Meeting ; Held At York In September 1844: 13
the toadstone beds, and it is mentioned as not surprising that beds so uncertain
not only in thickness, but in locality, should daunt the enterprise of the miner,
since a mere bed of clay varying from a few inches to afoot in thickness in one
mine, ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOADSTONE»
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toadstone is used in the context of the following news items.
At the Museum of London
... de Boodt, physician to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, put a toad on a red cloth and spent the night waiting for it to belch up the much coveted toadstone, ... «London Review of Books, Mar 14»
Writer based in Melbourne. Author of Golden Boy: Kim Hughes and …
... England's batsmen and coinciding with Marsh's batting partner at the time being Alan "Froggy" Thomson, for whom runs were rarer than toadstone sightings. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Dec 13»
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble... Geological Ingredients for a Perfect …
Fig.1. A Toadstone, also called Bufonite, Botrax, Borax, Batrachite, Chelonite, Brontias or even Dragonstone, as depicted in Ulisse Aldrovandi's "Musaeum ... «Scientific American, Oct 13»
Mystery of the Cheapside Hoard
There are precious emeralds, rubies, sapphires, amethysts, wine-coloured garnets, legions of agates, and curious, brown-mottled 'toadstones', which are, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 13»
F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Beauty, Gets a Bookplate in the New …
A toad with a gemstone, or "toadstone," gleaming from its head crowns the illustration. The toad's an image of poison and antidote combined, as Shakespeare's ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
Teresa Sullivan: Why Embattled UVA President Shouldn't Apologize
The line refers to toadstones: magical, curative gems once believed to grow in the amphibians' foreheads. To a 21st-century reader, those “brain jewels” signify ... «Slate Magazine, Aug 12»
Orchestra of Spheres Nonagonic Now
Even worse is “Toadstone”, which is five minutes-plus of what sounds like completely random noise. It seems highly likely that the players recorded themselves ... «PopMatters, Feb 12»
