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Meanings of float pumice in English

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Usage of float pumice in English
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Dr Scott said sailors first saw rising steam plumes and then noticed the large masses of floating pumice.
Radio NZ
2
Scientists say the discovery is not connected with a raft of floating pumice found last year floating further north in the Pacific.
Radio NZ
3
Sailors Shannon Lenz and Tom Whitehead have recalled their encounter with a huge sea of floating pumice in the Pacific Ocean in early August.
BBC
4
"Looks like floating pumice, sir," answered the second mate, "and I think I see palm-trees amongst it."
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
5
Floating pumice formed a layer on the ocean surface two and a half feet in thickness, through which vessels had difficulty in forcing their way.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire