Lexicographical Neighbors of Petuntse
Literary usage of Petuntse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"Reaumur examined both these matters ; 'and having exposed them separately to a
violent fire, he discovered, that the petuntse had fused without addition, ..."
2. The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce: With a Copious List of by John Yeats (1878)
"Common clay, yellow, brown, and blue ; kaolin and petuntse, pipe clay, fire clays,
Stourbridge clay, fuller's earth, red and yellow ochres, slates, ..."
3. The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom: Relative to the Strata of Coal by John Williams, James Millar (1810)
"The kaolin and petuntse, reduced to fine powder, are mixed together, formed into
a paste, and moulded into all sorts of porcelain vessels. ..."
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