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Another specimen of sandstone is friable, of a light flesh-red colour, and apparently composed of the debris of granite.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGAt B will be observed the employment of masonry to strengthen the crumbling walls of the friable tufa.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWThey are sometimes very friable, sometimes very hard; and some that are friable when they first fall, become hard afterwards.
THE RAIN CLOUDANONYMOUSThe top-spit earth from an upland pasture, loamy, friable, and well reduced; 3.
THE DIFFERENT MODES OF CULTIVATING THE PINE-APPLEJOHN CLAUDIUS LOUDONThe bottoms are of rich friable earth, and afford grass of various kinds, among others that of red clover.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XXXJOEL PALMERTan, or tannin, as it is more correctly called, is a substance of a friable texture and a highly pronounced but hygienic odour.
MR. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND VOL. IV OF IV.CHARLES L. GRAVESAt Whitecliff Bay the fossils are, unfortunately, very friable.
THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHTJ. CECIL HUGHESOxy-cellulose, a white friable powder, is produced by means of strong mineral acids.
THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPERROBERT WALTER SINDALLThe ground presents a great many friable rocks of pudding-stone, distributed in irregular strata.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW UREThe best ground for this plant is an open, somewhat friable clay, mingled with sand and mould.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW UREWORDS RELATED TO FRIABLE
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