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Definition of Psammites
1. psammite [n] - See also: psammite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psammites
Literary usage of Psammites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"The Sand-reckoner (psammites or Arenarius). I have already described in a previous
chapter the remarkable system, explained in this treatise and in a lost ..."
2. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1906)
"(1) ROCKS COMPOSED MAINLY OF INORGANIC MATERIAL. (1) The Arenaceous Group: psammites.
— Arenaceous, from the Latin ..."
3. Research in China by Eliot Blackwelder, Bailey Willis, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth, Charles Doolittle Walcott (1907)
"psammites. Dense white quartzite, No. 74.—This fine-grained pure quartzite lies
conformably above the conglomerate just described. ..."
4. A Practical and Scientific Treatise on Calcareous Mortars and Cements by Louis-Joseph Vicat (1837)
"... a circumstance which enables us to build it up into vaults, in the same way
as lime, to burn it," &c. The conversion of the schistose psammites into ..."
5. History and Uses of Limestones and Marbles by Sarah Maria Burnham (1883)
"... and interstratified with the psammites of Condroz, is quarried for ornamental
uses. The Carboniferous system is well displayed by its grand masses of ..."
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