|
|
Definition of Fossil copal
1. Noun. Partly mineralized copal dug from the ground.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossil Copal
Literary usage of Fossil copal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"Dr. Kirk has ascertained that the fossil copal- shows no trace of this goose-skin
when first dug out of the earth, bnt that it makes its appearance only ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The true or fossil copal is found embedded in the earth over a wide belt of the
mainland coast of Zanzibar, on tracks where not a single tree is ..."
3. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1908)
"As on the east coast, copal is found on the west coast under two distinct forms :
raw copal, collected from living trees, and fossil copal, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The true or fossil copal is found embedded in the earth over a wide belt of the
mainland coast of Zanzibar, on tracts where not a single tree is now visible ..."
5. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1870)
"Recent and fossil copal.—At the meeting of the Linnean Society, ... One characteristic
by which fossil copal is known from the recent resin is the so-called ..."
6. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1870)
"Recent and fossil copal.—At the meeting of the Linnean Society, ... One characteristic
by which fossil copal is known from the recent resin is the so-called ..."
7. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... but large quantities of the fossil copal of India are exported to China and
sold as Amber. Transparent pieces are the best. ..."
Other Resources:
