A Natural History of Fossils: By Emanuel Mendes Da Costa ... Vol. I, Pt. I ... |
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acids acquires a confiderable additional hardneſs adheres firmly aftringent alba Alcaline Aldrov alexipharmic alfo alfo found Argilla bole Bolus brown colour Bruckm Burnt caft Cent chalk Charlt Chryfocolla Cimolia clay clofe coarfe colour the hands compact texture confiderable hardnefs Creta Dale's Pharm defcribed Derbyshire difficultly diffufible in water dufky dufty furface eafily ebullition efteemed Epift faid fame fand fays fire it acquires Flintshire fmall fmooth foap Foff foffils foft fome fometimes fomewhat fpecies fpots free from grittinefs friabilis friable ftone ftrata ftratum ftrong fubftance fullers earth grittinefs hard hardneſs harfh Hill's hift ifland immediately diffufible impure Itin Kentm Lemnia loam loofe maffes Marga marle melts flowly melts freely melts readily Mercat moft moift mouth obferved Ochra ochre pale ponderofa powder readily diffufible red colour regular texture rubra SECT Steatites talcy Terra Sigillata thefe thofe tongue ufed unctuous uſed veins vifcid white colour Woodw yellow