| 单词 | pumice stone |
| 例句 | The girls were taking turns with the pumice stone, scraping it along the ends of sticks to make spears. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They tried soap and water, earth and a scrubbing brush, and lastly a pumice stone and lye, but they could not remove the crosses. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He went to the bathroom and scrubbed himself with disinfectants, scraping his hide with pumice stone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He bathed in icy water and scrubbed and scratched his body with a block of pumice stone, and the pain of his scraping seemed good to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One day he brought a pumice stone out of his suit jacket pocket, and cream; he brandished a nail file, cuticle scissors, a bottle of nail polish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariam sat in the far corner by herself, working on her heels with a pumice stone, insulated by a wall of steam from the passing shapes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Once her feet had been like balls of baked clay, but Sister Gladys had made her work on them with a pumice stone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept his hands smooth with a pumice stone, so that even though they were fishermen’s hands they felt good stroking her shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For non-diabetics, both podiatrists recommended staying away from razors and sticking with pumice stones or files. ‘A pandemic of broken toes’: How life at home has been painful for feet 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z I’ll grab a scrub brush, then move on to a pumice stone. For the gardener, cleanliness is next to . . . impossible 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z At the same time, they borrow from sculpture by using a handful of materials — pumice stone, insulation board, upholstery foam — to create distinct parts. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z For extra credit, buy a pumice stone and exfoliate your heels in the shower. Men, Are You Wearing Sandals This Summer? Read This First 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It started as soapy fun, but was soon rubbing raw with a pumice stone. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z They were like pumice stones because their hearts were filled with holes, he wrote, like painted ships because they looked pretty but contained only lead. What Does Misogyny Look Like? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Like the inhabitants of Pompeii, prehistoric Santorinians were buried under dozens of feet of pumice stone and ash, covering the city of Akrotiri, which is still being excavated today. On Santorini, the indigenous tomato paste gets its own historical museum 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Her tool of choice on my calluses was a pumice stone. Ecstasy for your feet feels like a therapeutic pedicure 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Treat it: Hillary Brenner, a podiatrist in New York City and New Jersey, recommends soaking a callus or corn for 10 minutes daily in warm water, then gently filing it down with a pumice stone. Taking the right steps to prevent or treat foot problems 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Also not going anywhere are the shore’s volcanic rocks, like giant pumice stones, that gave the work space of the artist Kehinde Wiley its name: Black Rock Senegal. At Dakar’s Biennale, the City Itself Is the Most Colorful Canvas 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z For stubborn toilet stains, Short recommends using a pumice stone. Getting schooled on how to clean the grossest parts of the bathroom | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Look for a pumice stone with a handle attached, which will make it easy to gently rub over your foot, sloughing off dead skin. Stop soaking: Here’s how to treat the dry, cracked skin on your feet 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Instead they actively pursued the shark—and began rubbing their bodies against its tail as though it were an exfoliating pumice stone. Fish Rub Up Against Sharks, for Exfoliation or Maybe Just Good Feels 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z A major clear-up operation has started in the Japanese island of Okinawa to remove pumice stone, which has accumulated along its coast after a huge underwater volcanic eruption in August. What happens when you try to swim in floating stone 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z The prefectural government held the first meeting of an emergency response council Wednesday and confirmed its policy to start removing the pumice stones as soon as possible with help from a relevant national system. Okinawa port clogged with tons of floating pumice 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Any imperfections, any divots or ridges, must be judiciously smoothed, and a climber’s equipment includes pumice stones, sandpaper and emery boards. When it comes to Olympic sports climbing, hands are the ultimate 'problem' solvers 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z “Use the pumice stone in the shower, or right after the shower, a few days a week to try to maintain” healthy skin, Parthasarathy said. Stop soaking: Here’s how to treat the dry, cracked skin on your feet 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z He approached a life-size marble portrait of a topless woman — a present from the model’s husband for their poolside — and started smoothing her cheek with a pumice stone. ‘We Don’t Need Another Michelangelo’: In Italy, It’s Robots’ Turn to Sculpt 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z The final steps include trimming the edges, brushing, combing and using a power sander and pumice stone to buff the leather on the opposite side of the fiber. Woman-operated Wisconsin tanning company is all natural 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The team also reported finding pumice stones from the cave. Neanderthals Could Swim. They Even Dived. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z She is similarly averse to objects such as sponges or pumice stones as well as things with bubbles or bumps, such as skin rashes. Why are trypophobics scared of crumpets? 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Parthasarathy recommends steering clear of metal foot files or callus removers — or anything sharper than a pumice stone. Stop soaking: Here’s how to treat the dry, cracked skin on your feet 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Perhaps, she thought, they were “using these rocks like humans using pumice stones, to get rid of calluses or dead skin.” Even Whales Have to Exfoliate 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The ancient Greeks burned it off, while Romans used pumice stones to rub it away. An Ouchless Guide to Laser Hair Removal: The Pros and Cons 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Beauty note: a bit of a go-over on the heels with the pumice stone is advisable. Ditch the denim! What to wear to the office in the heatwave 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s normal for bacteria to live on your skin, so when you use a cuticle clipper or pumice stone, you’re transferring those bacteria to the tools. 10 Products You Think Are Healthy (But Aren't) 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Prof Russell believes the person who erased parts of the book used a pumice stone. Doodles and poems found in Black Book of Carmarthen 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “For me, I identify more with the abusive mother-in-law,” she said, her clothes tattered and face pockmarked like a pumice stone. Role-Playing To Stop The Abuse 2013-04-23T08:45:00Z Violent explosions from the reaction of lava with cold seawater threw even greater quantities of ash into the atmosphere, and created vast fields of pumice stones along the shoreline. Tambora Erupts in 1815 and Changes World History [Excerpt] 2013-03-01T18:45:00.280Z The wire was next placed between two pieces of charcoal, and a burner applied, so as to produce an intense heat, sufficient to melt down the pumice stone into a small glass-like button. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Stay safe: Wash pumice stones with soap and water every time you use it and get a new one every three to four weeks. 10 Products You Think Are Healthy (But Aren't) 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z An excellent material for removing the glaze from an emery wheel is a piece of ordinary pumice stone. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Herculaneum was destroyed by fragments of pumice stone and ashes, scarcely distinguishable from those which one may see raked away from the half-uncovered walls of some new house at Pompeii. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Finally by noon on April 12, a faint light broke through, and the captain was struck by the thought that the Benares resembled nothing more than a giant calcified pumice stone. Tambora Erupts in 1815 and Changes World History [Excerpt] 2013-03-01T18:45:00.280Z With powdered pumice stone, rub on with a clean cloth. Mending and Repair of Books 2012-03-09T03:00:18.867Z The basket may be finished off by using either fine sandpaper, or powdered pumice stone, but in finishing colored baskets, it will be found that singeing will be the most successful method. Practical Basketry 2012-01-28T03:00:23.977Z One of these he says is found in magnesia, is white in colour, does not attract iron and is like pumice stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z His ships, approaching the coast towards evening, ran into a hail of pumice stone. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Bread crumbs rolled in a ball or powdered pumice stone put on with a dry cloth will often give good results. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z He suggests that the panels of the lattice-work ceiling were filled in with concrete made of light pumice stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z More than once Mr. McKay fancied he heard the crunching of a boot upon the pumice stone. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z After cutting, the pipe passes to the sandpapering machines where both inside and outside are thoroughly treated, and it gets a first polishing or smoothing on a pumice stone wheel. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The land, down to the water's edge, was covered with powdered pumice stone, which rained down from the clouds around the great column of fire. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Occasional use is found for various other materials, such as powdered pumice stone, sponge rubber, India rubber erasers and art gum. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z When especial lightness was required, the concrete was made with broken pumice stone. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z “There’s some of that mechanic’s soap—with pumice stone in it—in one of the lockers,” volunteered Cora. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Oil-cloth is a coarse canvas which has received a number of coats of thick oil paint, each coat being rubbed smooth with pumice stone before the application of the next. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The sea towards Ba�a had retired a considerable way; though, from the quantity of ashes and broken pumice stones thrown up by the eruption, it appeared almost totally dry. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z All traces of pumice stone, rubber, etc., should be carefully removed. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z In these cells the pulverized enamel is laid and then fused; afterwards it is filed with a corundum file, then smoothed with a pumice stone and polished by means of crocus powder and rouge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Ashes and pumice stone kept falling around us. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z Entablatures with sharp plinths, slender fluted columns, elegant pedestals for candelabra or vases, even vases themselves which, rapidly revolving, were polished by busy hands with pumice stone. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z In a piece of stratum, calcined from the outside of the Solfaterra, the form and texture of the pumice stones is very discernible. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z It saw Liverpool's manager repeatedly rub his hands so violently across his face that it appeared as if he were vainly attempting to exfoliate the pain with an imaginary pumice stone. Alan Pardew hits heights on Newcastle bow but Roy Hodgson looks low 2010-12-13T07:01:00Z Pompeii and the nearby settlement of Herculaneum were consumed by a mixture of heat, falling pumice stone and ash. Frozen figures 2010-04-05T01:08:00Z A few pieces of pumice stone put into the mixture will prevent the bumping caused by boiling. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. To clean books with delicate bindings, which are soiled from handling, rub with chamois skin dipped in powdered pumice stone. The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) Disperse phase a gas—solid foams, pumice stone, etc.Disperse phase a liquid—liquid inclusions in minerals.Disperse phase a solid—alloys, colored glass, etc. The Chemistry of Plant Life Thereafter, all the pitchers got to carrying rosin or pumice stone in their pockets, for the story quickly went round the circuit, and it is useless to soap the soil in the box any more. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside Thus the natives of the Hervey Islands account for the many pieces of porous lava and the small pieces of pumice stone found occasionally in their islands. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina They'd kept his face in a steam box by the hour, scrubbed him with pumice stone, electrocuted his lip fringe, made him wear a sleepin' mask, and done everything but peel him alive. Side-stepping with Shorty It was then rubbed down with pumice stone. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 The pulverized pumice stone is used in preparing the surface of crayon paper and bromide enlargements, to produce the stipple effect. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements The town was covered with an airtight blanket of ashes, lava and fine pumice stone. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Pompeii was partially covered with hot ashes and pumice stones, which burnt or damaged the works of art. Italy, the Magic Land The cloud advanced, darker, disgorging showers of ashes and pumice stones; and, amid the other horrors, the mighty mountain now cast up columns of boiling water. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems Then wipe it dry with clean rags, and polish with emery or pumice stone, or hard wood. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Clean off the outside edges of the background with a clean piece of cotton and the pumice stone. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements Pound pumice stone to a fine powder, and mix it with verjuice. The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner Many of the hills exhibited a volcanic appearance, furnishing great quantities of lava and pumice stone: of the latter, several pieces were observed floating down the river. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Then quickly succeeded shower of small pumice stones and heavier ashes, and emitting stifling eruptic fumes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The proper way of cleaning elegant chimney pieces, or other articles made of alabaster, is to reduce some pumice stone to a very fine powder, and mix it up with verjuice. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Then sprinkle pumice stone over the portrait, and using the ends of the fingers flat, rub it over the entire surface of the paper. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements For removing callous spots, soak the feet in hot water for ten or fifteen minutes, then take a piece of pumice stone and rub the callous spot. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession We called at Apia, in the Samoan Islands, and when crossing to New Zealand, we noticed that the sea was covered by what appeared to be pumice stone. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 The streets were already buried deep in the loose pumice stones which had been falling for many hours in unremitting showers, and which reached almost to the windows of the first floor. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The clay was white, brown, yellow and deep blue; while the pumice stone, lit up by the sunbeam, was red like vermilion. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians The difficulty is that some of the pumice stone has adhered to the surface of the paper. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements To Whiten and Beautify the Teeth.—Take gum tragacanth, one ounce; pumice stone, two drams; gum arabic, one ounce; cream of tartar, one ounce. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources To render it as light as possible, it was constructed of pumice stone and Rhodian bricks. Shepp's Photographs of the World It lay buried beneath a vast mass of ashes, pumice stone and hardened mud, from twenty to seventy feet deep. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Instead of, as in the case of fire volcanoes, the ejected matters being smoke, flame, lava, scoria, pumice stone, and scalding mud. A Girl's Ride in Iceland It should be remembered that the pumice stone must be entirely removed from the whole surface of the paper, as otherwise it will settle in the crayon, and give a dirty gray effect. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements Plain camphorated chalk, with or without a little finely powdered pumice stone or burnt hartshorn, is a popular and excellent tooth powder. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Her skin was rubbed with pumice stone, and superfluous hairs were removed with a pair of tweezers. Chats on Household Curios Miss Maitland always puts plenty of pieces of pumice stone and slices of lemon in the dressing-room at examination time. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life All the different kinds of lava found in volcanoes are to be met with here, such as agate, pumice stone, and both black and green lapis obsidian. A Girl's Ride in Iceland First treat the whole surface with pumice stone as directed for the bromide paper, afterwards go over it with the crayon and cotton. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements Powerfully Cleansing Dentifrice.—Take fine powder of pumice stone, four drams; fine powder of cuttlefish bone, four drams; add one scruple of subcarbonate of soda. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The canvas should first be washed with a mixture of alcohol and aqueous ammonia, then dried and rubbed with pumice stone powder to give a tooth. Photographic Reproduction Processes Rub the first two with haircloth or curled hair and the last with pulverized pumice stone and crude oil or raw linseed oil. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 The mountain itself is composed of sand, grit, and ashes, several kinds of pumice stone being thrown out of it. A Girl's Ride in Iceland Rub the first coats of varnish with hair-cloth or curled hair and the last coats with pulverized pumice stone and crude oil or raw linseed oil. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I New patterns, before being used, should be rubbed over on the rough side with a smooth piece of pumice stone; this wears off the burr and makes the stamping come out cleaner and finer. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The first coats should be rubbed with haircloth or curled hair, and the last with powdered pumice stone and raw linseed or crude oil. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 For a dull finish, rub the varnish after it has become bone dry with pulverized pumice stone and water, using a piece of rubbing felt. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 Oil a rag and dip it in powdered pumice stone and rub hoof vigorously a few moments, and you will have a beautiful polish. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration There was yellow soap, a pumice stone, and carbolic soap, and scented soap. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales After using the pumice stone, anoint freely each time with Turkish Lotion. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Polish the first coats with haircloth or curled hair, and the last with pulverized pumice stone, mixed with raw linseed or crude oil. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 If a polished finish is desired, rub first with pulverized pumice stone and water, then with rotten stone and water. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 The process is this: Fasten the horns firmly somewhere and attack first with rasp, then file, scrape with glass, fine sandpaper, finer sandpaper, powdered pumice stone, putty powder. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration A superficial and imperfect polish may be given by grinding for a short time with powdered pumice stone. On Laboratory Arts Roughness of the Hands, induced by exposure to cold and drying winds, may, in general, be removed by the use of a little powdered pumice stone with the soap in washing them. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources But after two of these showers, vast quantities of a substance described sometimes as "pumice stone," but sometimes as "slag," were washed upon the sea coast near Slains. The Book of the Damned Kneeling with one knee upon the ground, each took me by a leg and began rubbing the soles of my feet with a pumice stone. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 You know what this is in the case of a sponge, or pumice stone. Practical Mechanics for Boys Rub into the periphery a paste of sifted powdered pumice stone and water. On Laboratory Arts The bath-rubber then took him in, bound an apron round his waist, and lent him a bag, three razors, pumice stone for scrubbing the soles of the feet, a hair bag, and a sponge. The Pacha of Many Tales Surrounding the peak is a plain bordered by mountain-ridges and covered with pumice stones, the only vegetable which grows on it being the retama. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Pulverized pumice stone and pulverized rotten stone, both very fine, are used to rub down inequalities and to give a dull finish to shellac or varnish. Handwork in Wood If the ink does not flow freely, use chalk, fine pumice stone, or talc, and rub it in well with a clean cloth, and then wipe off well before beginning to trace p. Practical Mechanics for Boys "Well, you see, I wanted it to be real white," said Sarah, sure that he would understand, "so I used a cucumber and buttermilk and a lemon and I scrubbed it afterward with pumice stone." Rosemary The use of pumice stone cures slight roughness, but fine work cannot be attempted if the fingers are for any reason constantly rough. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving He took equal parts of cuttle bone, small white sea-shells, pumice stone, burnt stag's horn, nitre, alum, rock salt, burnt roots of iris, aristolochia, and reeds. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages French felt, medium hard, is used for rubbing down copal varnish with pumice stone. Handwork in Wood Make a paste of equal parts of plaster of paris, whiting, pumice stone and litharge, mixed with Japan dryer, boiled linseed oil and turpentine. Practical Mechanics for Boys She knew now what had become of Bompard, and with lips dry as pumice stone she began to climb till she reached the point where she had sat that morning. The Beach of Dreams I looked down upon the plain below, and I saw a vast, a prodigious volume of pulverized pumice stone, of sand, of dust, rising to the heavens in the form of a mighty waterspout. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Of this scraping and pumice stone in the mind a better example than his verse is to be found in his letters. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance To Clean Soiled Marble—Pound two parts of common washing soda, one part each of pumice stone and finely powdered chalk, mix together, sift them through cheesecloth, and make into a paste with water. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use To Clean Wall Paper.—Four ounces of pumice stone in fine powder are thoroughly mixed with 1 quart of flour and the mass is kneaded with water enough to form a thick dough. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 These pieces of pumice stone are filled into a retort or chamber and the hot gases passed through them. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 In Geology—Limestone, pumice stone, soft stone, white stone, plum stone, and cherry stone. Yorkshire Ditties, First Series To Which Is Added The Cream Of Wit And Humour From His Popular Writings Books with Delicate Bindings.—Books with delicate bindings which have become soiled through much handling, can be satisfactorily cleaned by rubbing with chamois skin dipped in powdered pumice stone. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Some geologists mention another formation called the Volcanic, because composed of minerals thrown from the crater of a volcano, such as pumice stones, lava, &c. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. It is not worth while to buy knives of anything but wrought steel, which are best cleaned with pumice stone. The Complete Home The pumice stone was a writing-material of the ancients; they used it to smoothe the roughness of the parchment, or to sharpen their reeds. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The whole of the island bears the strongest marks of being a volcanic production, having great quantities of pumice stone on it, and the rocks quite burnt up. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) The orange-wood stick is then dipped in peroxide and run under the nail to bleach, then the pumice stone, powdered, is used in the same way to cleanse. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Spongy, dry as pumice stone, silvered with lichen and gilded with moss, the towers rose entire, though from their crenelated collarettes whole blocks were blown away on windy nights. Là-bas If stained, rub with half of a potato or with a cork dipped in powdered pumice stone, wipe dry, wash, and polish with a little bath brick or sapolio. The Complete Home Go to the chemist's and get some pumice stone.... If Winter Comes This conclusion is formed from the vast quantity of pumice stone which is scattered in all parts of it, and mixed with the soil. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) When brought to the institution they are thoroughly cleaned, being rubbed with pumice stone. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Another paste answers the same purpose: Take two parts of soda, one of pumice stone and one of finely-powdered chalk. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home The wire was next placed between two pieces of charcoal and a burner applied so as to produce an intense heat, sufficient to melt down the pumice stone into a small glass-like button. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency The soul of a righteous man is white and smooth as chalk, but the soul of a sinful man is like pumice stone. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories It seems ground into a pumice stone by the hoofs of horses and the swift movement of heavy wheels. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated The rocks on the inner side bear strong marks of volcanic fire; and being disposed in parallel layers, their inclination to the west is very evident: quantities of pumice stone were scattered along the shores. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 "If I were going to make such a denial," remarked coach coolly, "I'd be sure to have a piece of pumice stone, and I'd use it often to take away those yellowish stains." The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond After this has dried, smooth it off with pumice stone and water. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Yellowed ivory handles may be restored to their original whiteness by rubbing with sandpaper and emery; mineral soap or pumice stone may be used for the same purpose. Science in the Kitchen. The following will be found practical: Procure a well planished copper plate of the required size, and well polish it, first with pumice stone and water, then with snake stone, jewelers' rouge. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype Proceeding up the opening, I found it to be more than a mile in width; and from the quantities of pumice stone on the borders, it was named Pumice-stone River. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 All Fred meant by his promise was that he would use pumice stone painstakingly on his finger tips hereafter. The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond Clean the metal thoroughly with pumice stone and water or with alcohol before the design is applied. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do And from that cloud showered these hot, pelting pebbles of pumice stone. Buried Cities, Volume 1 Pompeii This puzzolan, this pulverized pumice stone, all this mineral dust in short, shows how deep-seated is the commotion in the volcano. The Mysterious Island Next morning, second coat rough-stuff, made with Reno's umber, fine pumice stone, japan, and turpentine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 The appearances of coal in the face of the bluffs, also of birnt hills, pumice stone salt and quarts continue as yesterday. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Heaps of pumice stone was noticed upon this beach; not any of this production had been met with floating. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 In all that time she has poured out millions of tons of matter—lava, huge glassy boulders, little pebbles of pumice stone, long shining hairs, fine dust or ashes. Buried Cities, Volume 1 Pompeii Just before I reached Bulusan, I had to cross a ravine several hundred feet deep, composed almost entirely of white pumice stone. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes "What," she would say, "could Indian rubber, or a pumice stone, have done for these darlings?" The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia But where a precious stone will take lustre a pumice stone will crumble. What Can She Do? The last cone, all of crumbly pumice stone, and at a very acute angle, is tolerably tiring. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Here ironwood sinks and pumice stone floats, which must strike the curious spectator as a queer freak on the part of Dame Nature. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Do you think it'll pay to have you playing about there hour after hour with a bit of pumice stone? The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists The 19th, as we went about an island, were found black pumice stones, and salt kerned on the rocks, very white and glistering. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage It was an arduous climb over sharp lava and pumice stones in the midst of air often reeking with sulfurous fumes from the smoke holes. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The work of effacing this ink was accomplished by moistening the parchment with a weak alkaline solution and by rubbing it with pumice stone. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. Here was a plain three miles in diameter, strewed with pumice stones and other volcanic reliques, with a lake in the centre, occupying what had probably been the crater. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Linden did not answer: he went on with his work, his hand trembling to such an extent that he was scarcely able to hold the pumice stone. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists But the base of these high walls consisted of broken soil over which there lay picturesque piles of volcanic blocks and enormous pumice stones. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The ground was covered with slag, lava flows, and pumice stones. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Martial in his first epistle points out the bookseller's shop opposite the Julian Forum where his works may be obtained "smoothed with pumice stone and decorated with purple." Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. The transcribers had a regular kind of knife, with which they scratched out the old writing, and they rubbed the surface with powdered pumice stone, to prepare it for receiving the new ink. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. But nowadays the only place you'd see a bit of pumice stone was in a glass case in a museum, with a label on it. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists While so stretched, it is scraped on the flesh side with a blunt iron, wetted with a moist rag, covered with pounded chalk, and rubbed well with pumice stone. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. |
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