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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for cutting, polishing, and turning the Derbyshire marble spar, is worked by steam; and a variety of sculptured … and in its vicinity. At Derby is a large manufactory for spar or fluor ornaments; and there are saw-mills for marble …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of this and several adjacent counties; and in the fluor-spar rocks of the Coulard hill, lead has been discovered of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in others with jasper, chalcedony, blue quartz, calcareous spar, and felspar containing beautiful crystals. Alexander, … limestone, with red hornstone and crystals of calcareous spar, is found; and on the southern bank of the river, in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies and Persia
… allowance from that time of one month. Ordered to build a spar deck in the Swan for preservation of her men, and that …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… compact; and the minerals hitherto found, are calcareous spar, quartz, and chalcedony. The sandstone is wrought at … crystals of felspar, with amygdaloids of calcareous spar. On the West ferry hill, while cutting through it for …