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Definition of Lodestones
1. lodestone [n] - See also: lodestone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lodestones
Literary usage of Lodestones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Romance of the Feudal Châteaux by Elizabeth Williams Champney (1899)
"CHAPTER VI THE lodestones OF LOVE Ah ! dear Provence ! ah ! happy troubadour,
... which resulted in bringing the precious lodestones to France, and secondly ..."
2. The Elements of Electricity by Wirt Robinson (1914)
"To distinguish these magnets from those prepared artificially they are usually
called native or natural magnets. 106. lodestones.—About 800 years ago an ..."
3. The Anglo-Saxon Review by Randolph Spencer Churchill (1899)
"Then there were lodestones which were reputed to have the power of ... There were
lodestones which would swallow iron, and yet themselves weigh no more than ..."
4. An Elementary Book on Electricity and Magnetism and Their Applications: A by Dugald Caleb Jackson (1902)
"... the Greek word for the country of Magnesia, which is a small division of
Ancient Greece, where a deposit of magnetic iron ore or lodestones (also called ..."
5. An Elementary Book on Electricity and Magnetism and Their Applications: A by Dugald Caleb Jackson, John Price Jackson (1902)
"... the Greek word for the country of Magnesia, which is a small division of
Ancient Greece, where a deposit of magnetic iron ore or lodestones (also called ..."
6. Appletons' School Physics: Embracing the Results of the Most Recent by John Duncan Quackenbos (1891)
"lodestones.—It was known to the ancients that a certain black mineral possessed
the power of attracting small pieces of iron or steel. ..."
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