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Definition of Serpentines
1. serpentine [n] - See also: serpentine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serpentines
Literary usage of Serpentines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"... and from this source all the serpentines of this belt have been derived. ...
although it was not supposed to be related in any way to the serpentines. ..."
2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1901)
"Mineralogy of the Serpentines " " " Origin of the Serpentines " " " Age of the
... The view expressed by Mather that the serpentines were modified forms of ..."
3. Mineral Physiology and Physiography: A Second Series of Chemical and by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1891)
"We find at the beginning of our century that the most competent observers were
agreed in regarding serpentines as stratified contemporaneous deposits in the ..."
4. A Popular and Practical Exposition of the Minerals and Geology of Canada by Edward John Chapman (1864)
"Serpentines,—The rocks of this series are essentially hydrated silicates of magnesia
... Most serpentines are found in large beds, and are evidently altered ..."
5. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"These crystalline minerals are also found in smaller quantities diffused through
the accompanying argillites. BRITISH Serpentines. Bonney has lately studied ..."
6. The Practical Draughtsman's Book of Industrial Design and Machinist's and by Charles A. Armengaud, William Johnson, Jules Amouroux (1854)
"In the arts, we also see serpentines, both solid and hollow, generated by conic
or other ... The curves representing the outline of screws and serpentines, ..."
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