"Metalline" Quotes from Famous Books
... friable earth, or stone, are scattered about. I also often found the same substance disposed in thick strata; and the little earth, strewed here and there, was a blackish mould. There were likewise some pieces of slag; one of which, from its weight and smooth surface, seemed almost wholly metalline." ... — A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18) • Robert Kerr |