单词 | tophus-stone |
释义 | > as lemmastophus-stone tophus-stone n. = travertine n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building Purbeck stone1410 Tiburtine stonec1440 toph stonea1552 travertine1669 Purbeck1683 Purbeck marblea1697 Portland1711 tiber-stone1726 tophus-stone1830 Hopton wood1888 roach1911 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > travertine toph stonea1552 Tivertine1663 travertine1669 tophus-stone1830 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 211 Pallas..enumerates a great many hot springs, which have deposited monticules of travertin precisely analogous in composition and structure to those of the baths of San Filippo, and other localities in Italy... Speaking of the tophus-stone, as he terms these limestones, he often observes that it is snow-white. < as lemmas |
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