 | John Pinkerton - Petrology - 1811 - 674 pages
...surface, very smooth and equal. Besides, this and all like sorts of stone that are composed of granules, will cut and rive in any direction: as well in a perpendicular,...in a diagonal, as horizontally and parallel to the site of the strata. 'Tis for this reason that they have obtained the name of freestone. Then these... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 816 pages
...Bro<wn't Vulgar £rrourj.-~A\l fort of (tones compofed of granules, will cut and rive in any dire^in, as well in a perpendicular,, or in a diagonal, as horizontally and parallel to the fide of the ftrata. IVo^dwird. (t.)* DIAGONAL, nf [from theadjetfive] A line drawn from angle to angle,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...of that line into a certain number of equal parts. Luck?. All sorts of stone composed of granules, will cut and rive in any direction, as well in a perpendicular,...in a diagonal, as horizontally and parallel to the side of the strata. Woodvrard. If a region of air be gradually removed from north to south, it would... | |
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Besides, this and all like sorts of stone that are composed of granules, will cut and rive in any direction: as well in a perpendicular, or in a diagonal, as horizontally and parallel to the site of the strata. 