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Definition of Firestones
1. firestone [n] - See also: firestone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firestones
Literary usage of Firestones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations by Walter Percy Sladen, William Kingdon Spencer, Thomas Wright (1880)
"... was found likewise in the firestones of a quarry near Street Foss, and it will
be shown in my section of the correlative beds of this zone at Wilmcote, ..."
2. Annual Report on the Geology of the State of Vermont, 1st-4th by Vermont State Geologist, Charles Baker Adams (1845)
"It is important, in the use of slaty firestones, to lay them with the edges
directed towards the fire. In this way, even slaty limestones withstand a strong ..."
3. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"... was found likewise in the firestones of a quarry near Street Foss, and it will
be shown in my section of the correlative beds of this zone at Wilmcote, ..."
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