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Significados de pumice stone en inglés

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A light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive.

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Examples for "pumice"
Examples for "pumice"
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The islands are all volcanic, all ash and cinders, lava and pumice.
A Tramp's Notebook
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After this has dried, smooth it off with pumice stone and water.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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And from that cloud showered these hot, pelting pebbles of pumice stone.
Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii
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Pyroclastic Flows Pyroclastic flows are a mixture of gases, ash and pumice.
Radio NZ
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In the spaces between the ridges, there were porous marks, suggesting pumice.
Heart of stone
Uso de pumice stone en inglés
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After this has dried, smooth it off with pumice stone and water.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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And from that cloud showered these hot, pelting pebbles of pumice stone.
Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii
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Rub into the periphery a paste of sifted powdered pumice stone and water.
On Laboratory Arts
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But where a precious stone will take lustre a pumice stone will crumble.
What Can She Do?
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There was yellow soap, a pumice stone, and carbolic soap, and scented soap.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
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It started as soapy fun, but was soon rubbing raw with a pumice stone.
The Guardian
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French felt, medium hard, is used for rubbing down copal varnish with pumice stone.
Handwork in Wood
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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
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For callous spots rub with pumice stone.
The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture
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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
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The walls were lined with a petrified sponge material resembling pumice stone, with thousands of regularly spaced indentations.
The Naked God
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Do you not observe that there is no mould; that the island is composed entirely of pumice stone?
The Pacha of Many Tales
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A superficial and imperfect polish may be given by grinding for a short time with powdered pumice stone.
On Laboratory Arts
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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
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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
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Sheets of zinc or of copper of a convenient size are carefully planished and polished with powdered pumice stone.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882
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