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Definition of Bath stone

Bath stone
Bath Bath, n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects. Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc. Bath chair, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. ``People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs.' --Dickens. Bath metal, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. Bath stone, a species of limestone (o["o]lite) found near Bath, used for building.

Meaning of Bath stone from wikipedia

- bath stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate . city of bath , england its distinctive appearance.
- bath (icon , ˈ , b , ɑː , θ or ˈ , b , æ , θ) is a city in the ceremonial county exemplary georgian architecture crafted from bath stone .
- corsham was historically a centre for agriculture and later the wool industry, and remains a focus for quarrying bath stone .
- construction of wells cathedral . bath stone is also widely used. the university of bath gained its royal charter in 1966, although its
- he moved in 1710 to bath , where he became a post office clerk, and quarrying of bath stone: with the arrival of john wood in bath, allen
- the 1730s and 1740s for ralph allen , on a hill overlooking bath , somerset , england. the properties of bath stone as a building material.
- (sssi) in bath and north east somerset , notified in 1991 because of the greater and were used to extract bath stone for the city of bath
- from bristol to bath the waterway follows the natural course of capped with bath stone , each with a decorative stone plaque of bristol
- oolite (egg stone) is a sedimentary rock formed from ooid s, spherical grains a particular type, bath stone , gives the buildings of the
- the original building was designed by john wood the elder and built with bath stone donated by ralph allen . it was later enlarged,