| 单词 | mineral pitch |
| 例句 | Abd-Allatif, an Arabian physician, describes mummy as a substance flowing from the tops of the mountains, and which mixing with the water that streamed down, coagulates like mineral pitch. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Maltha, mal′tha, n. a thick mineral pitch: any similar preparation used by the ancients as a cement, stucco, or mortar. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Among mineral products are saltpetre, mineral pitch, petroleum, salt, sulphur, and several precious stones, as the carnelian, agate, and onyx. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Bituminous coal contains a large amount of a tarry substance, a kind of mineral pitch or bitumen, which burns with a brilliant flame and a black sooty smoke, exceedingly rich in carbon. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. A liquid mineral pitch, so called because it is seen to ooze like oil out of the rock. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This is asphalt, or mineral pitch as it is sometimes called. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Other volcanoes in this region eject with terrible force a quantity of boiling mineral pitch, throwing up the dark matter completelyp. A Girl's Ride in Iceland Asphalt, or Asphal�tum, the most common variety of bitumen; also called mineral pitch. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The dull coal is called bituminous, because it contains more bitumen or mineral pitch. Diggers in the Earth Bitumen, or mineral pitch, was regularly applied to this purpose, even by Elizabethan seamen. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Professor Wright of Yale has used a hard mineral pitch as a cement in vacuum work with success. On Laboratory Arts The term asphalt has been applied to so many and various mixtures, that one scarcely associates it with natural mineral pitch which is found in some parts of the world. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes Asphalt, a mineral pitch of a black or brownish-black colour, consisting chiefly of carbon; also a limestone impregnated with bitumen, and more or less in every quarter of the globe. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge At Selinitza, near Avlona, there is a remarkable deposit of mineral pitch which was extensively worked in Roman times; mining operations are still carried on here, but in a somewhat primitive fashion. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 |
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