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Definition of Bristol stone

Bristol stone
Bristol Bris"tol, n. A seaport city in the west of England. Bristol board, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. Bristol brick, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. Bristol stone, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond.

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- in significant microfracturing in ceramics during firing, in ornamental stone after a fire and in rocks of the Earth's crust exposed to high temperatures...
- two more trabeated stone exoskeleton high-rise buildings are underway, one in London, and another in Bristol. Stone bricks. Small stone ashlars that are...
- Bristol (/ˈbrɪstəl/ ) is a cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built...
- Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England....
- building was commissioned to replace the Old Council House, Bristol. The foundation stone was laid in 1935, and it was structurally complete by 1939 when...
- in Matthew from Bristol and landed in what was later to become Canada. It was paid for by public subscription. The foundation stone was laid on 24 June...
- The Bristol perambulation was a civic ritual, usually performed annually, in Bristol, England, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Also called...
- independent history report, led by historian Dr Richard Stone from the University of Bristol, to examine the role of the Society of Merchant Venturers...
- stone boundary markers. This was necessary to define the limits of the new county and thus, for example, the jurisdiction of the sheriffs of Bristol....
- for a stone bridge and later iterations were for a wrought iron structure. In 1831, an attempt to build Brunel's design was halted by the Bristol riots...