Difference between revisions of "Holystone"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A type of close-grain [ | + | A type of close-grain [[sandstone]]. Holystone blocks were often used for smoothing rough surface on wooden ships. |
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Revision as of 13:28, 16 January 2014
Description
A type of close-grain Sandstone. Holystone blocks were often used for smoothing rough surface on wooden ships.
Authority
- Thomas Gregory, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998