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Bluestone   /blˈustˌoʊn/   Listen
Bluestone

noun
1.
Bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building.





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"Bluestone" Quotes from Famous Books



... silk, which, however, leaves undissolved cotton and wool, is prepared as follows: 16 grains of copper sulphate ("blue vitriol," "bluestone") are dissolved in 150 c.c. of water, and then 16 grains of glycerin are added. To this mixture a solution of caustic soda is added until the precipitate first formed is just re-dissolved, so as not to leave an excess ...
— The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing - Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association • Watson Smith
... of bluestone with a surface like velvet, rarely broken by badly paved or badly worn sections, ran straight south. Past mansions standing amid spacious lawns all ablaze with late summer and early autumn flowers they sped; past parks, ...
— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers


Words linked to "Bluestone" :   sandstone


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