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Bituminous limestoneBituminous Bi*tu"mi*nous, a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F.
bitumineux.]
Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen;
containing bitumen.
Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. --Milton.
Bituminous coal, a kind of coal which yields, when heated,
a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It
burns with a yellow smoky flame.
Bituminous limestone, a mineral of a brown or black color,
emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia
is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap.
Bituminous shale, an argillaceous shale impregnated with
bitumen, often accompanying coal. Cliff limestone
Cliff limestone Cliff" lime"stone` (Geol.)
A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west,
presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly
supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly
Silurian and partly Devonian.
Delthyris limestoneDelthyris Del*thy"ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`lta the name of the
letter [Delta] + thy`ra door.] (Zo["o]l.)
A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells
of the genus Spirifer.
Delthyris limestone (Geol.), one of the divisions of the
Upper Silurian rocks in New York. dolomitic limestoneLimestone Lime"stone` (l[imac]m"st[=o]n`), n.
A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and
is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone.
Crystalline limestone is called marble. Granular limestoneGranular Gran"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. granulaire. See Granule.]
Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular
substance.
Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble,
having a granular structure. Hydraulic limestoneHydraulic Hy*drau"lic, a. [F. hydraulique, L. hydraulicus, fr.
Gr. ?, ?, a water organ; "y`dwr water + ? flute, pipe. See
Hydra.]
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion;
conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock,
crane, or dock.
Hydraulic accumulator, an accumulator for hydraulic
machinery of any kind. See Accumulator, 2.
Hydraulic brake, a cataract. See Cataract, 3.
Hydraulic cement, a cement or mortar made of hydraulic
lime, which will harden under water.
Hydraulic elevator, a lift operated by the weight or
pressure of water.
Hydraulic jack. See under Jack.
Hydraulic lime, quicklime obtained from hydraulic
limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc.
Hydraulic limestone, a limestone which contains some clay,
and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a
firm, strong mass, under water.
Hydraulic main (Gas Works), a horizontal pipe containing
water at the bottom into which the ends of the pipes from
the retorts dip, for passing the gas through water in
order to remove ammonia.
Hydraulic mining, a system of mining in which the force of
a jet of water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing
gravel or earth. [Pacific Coast]
Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See under
Hydrostatic.
Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means
of a stream of water ejected under water rearward from the
ship.
Hydraulic ram, a machine for raising water by means of the
energy of the moving water of which a portion is to be
raised. When the rush of water through the main pipe d
shuts the valve at a, the momentum of the current thus
suddenly checked forces part of it into the air chamber b,
and up the pipe c, its return being prevented by a valve
at the entrance to the air chamber, while the dropping of
the valve a by its own weight allows another rush through
the main pipe, and so on alternately.
Hydraulic valve. (Mach.)
(a) A valve for regulating the distribution of water in the
cylinders of hydraulic elevators, cranes, etc.
(b) (Gas Works) An inverted cup with a partition dipping into
water, for opening or closing communication between two
gas mains, the open ends of which protrude about the
water. Indusial limestoneIndusial In*du"sial, a. [See Indusium.]
Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the
larv[ae] of certain insects.
Indusial limestone (Geol.), a fresh-water limestone,
largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddice
worms, or larv[ae] of caddice flies (Phryganea). It is
found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some
other localities. LimestoneLimestone Lime"stone` (l[imac]m"st[=o]n`), n.
A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and
is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone.
Crystalline limestone is called marble. Lithographic limestoneLithographic Lith`o*graph"ic, Lithographical
Lith`o*graph"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. lithographique.]
Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the
lithographic art; a lithographic picture.
Lithographic limestone (Min.), a compact, fine-grained
limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O["o]lite,
esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. --
Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Magnesian limestoneMagnesian Mag*ne"sian, a.
Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or
magnesium.
Magnesian limestone. (Min.) See Dolomite. Miliolite limestoneMiliolite Mil"i*o*lite, a.
The same Milliolitic.
Miliolite limestone (Geol.), a building stone, one of the
group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of
many-chambered microscopic shells. Pentamerus limestonePentamerus Pen*tam"e*rus, n. [NL. See Pentamerous.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant
in the Upper Silurian.
Pentamerus limestone (Geol.), a Silurian limestone composed
largely of the shells of Pentamerus. Sparry limestoneSparry Spar"ry, a. [From Spar.]
Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar;
having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.
Sparry iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite
(a) .
Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble.
Meaning of Limeston from wikipedia
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- Paleontology. 29 (5): 918–919. JSTOR 1300414. Yabe, H. (1903). "On a Fusulina-
Limeston with
Helicoprion in ****an". The
Journal of the
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Berlin specimen HMN 1880/81
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Quarry and Port of
Calcite from
Quarry Views Usitalo, Kath. "World's
Larges Limeston Quarry is Pure Michigan".
Great Lakes Gazette.
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rainwater on the
heavily fractured limestone rock of the
Murge plateau.
Limeston rock
itself is
highly impermeable, but if
heavily fractured, it exhibits...
- FFY2008
Section 319 Work Plan,
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original on
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- 2014,
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United States Geological Survey (1989),
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- Only the far
eastern Walder Joch (1,636 m (AA)) is
built of Jur****ic
limestons and main dolomite.
Important peaks (in
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