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Definition of Perlites
1. perlite [n] - See also: perlite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perlites
Literary usage of Perlites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1880)
"Some rocks belonging to this vitreous group are called perlites, from either the
pearly lustre which some of them present, or from the fact that they ..."
2. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1876)
"In some perlites, microliths, ... Under the microscope a distinct fluxion texture
is seen in many of the perlites, being rendered evident by granular matter ..."
3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by David Brewster, Robert Jameson, Royal Society of Edinburgh (1824)
"... perlites, if we consider with attention the relations of the several varieties
through which these rocks pass, we cannot help agreeing that a perfect ..."
4. The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History by Edward Newman (1844)
"... of insects—the perlites—possess external branchiae in their preparatory stages;
but an obvious reason exists for this, in the fact that in their earlier ..."
5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1839)
"Remarks on the synonymy of the perlites, with brief characters of the old, and
of a few new species, are advanced concisely by Mr. Newman; he then treats ..."
6. A Handbook of Rocks for Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1918)
"The concentric, shelly masses lie in between intersecting series of larger,
straight cracks; the perlites have considerable water, usually 2-4 per cent. ..."
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