tyndall stone

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von tyndall stone im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A dolomitic limestone quarried in the vicinity of Tyndall, Manitoba, Canada, famous for its pervasive mottling and numerous fossils

More and more my father chooses to decorate the stone surfaces with elaborate cipher, even though Tyndall stone, with its mottled coloring, is thought to be resistant to fine carving.

Silbentrennung

Tyn·dall stone

Türkische aussprache

tîndıl stōn

Synonyme

tyndall limestone

Aussprache

/ˈtəndəl ˈstōn/ /ˈtɪndəl ˈstoʊn/

Etymologie

() After the town of Tyndall, Manitoba, where the stone is quarried, in turn named after Irish physicist John Tyndall (1820–93). Tyndall, Tindall (“inhabitant of the Tyne river valley”) Tyne.