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Definition of Stalagmites
1. stalagmite [n] - See also: stalagmite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalagmites
Literary usage of Stalagmites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geology of England and Wales: A Concise Account of the Lithological by Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1876)
"Stalactites and stalagmites.—The deposits of Carbonate 6f lime found in the
interior of Caverns are known under these names. Those adhering to the roof or ..."
2. Hawaii and Its Volcanoes by Charles Henry Hitchcock (1911)
"There are stalactites, stalagmites and various mouldings. ... The stalagmites
beneath consist of a heap of similar bent coalescing stems. ..."
3. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"The stalactites and stalagmites, shown in Fig. ... The satne takes place on the
floors of the caverns, giving rise to the formation of the stalagmites. ..."
4. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"The stalactites and stalagmites, shown in Fig. ... The same takes place on the
floors of the caverns, giving rise to the formation of the stalagmites. ..."
5. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Chemically-formed Rocks—(Stalactites and stalagmites, Tufa, Magnesian Limestone,
Rock-salt, Gypsum, Siliceous Sinter, Flint, etc., Ironstones). III. ..."
6. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"Chemically-formed Rocks—(Stalactites and stalagmites, Tufa, Magnesian Limestone,
Rock-salt, Gypsum, Siliceous Sinter, Flint, etc., Ironstones). III. ..."
7. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1910)
"Chemically formed Rocks—(Stalactites and stalagmites, Tufa, Magnesian Limestone,
Rock-salt, Gypsum, Siliceous Sinter, Flint, etc., Ironstones). III. ..."
8. Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1854)
"... temperature of—Limestone—Rotas fort and palace—Nitrate of lime—Change of
climate—Lime stalagmites, enclosing leaves—Fall of Soane—Spiders, &c. ..."
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