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Pumice

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A named volcanic foam-stone used for scouring, later for foot-stone and light aggregate. Not obsidian, and not generic stone.

  • Pumice is used in Medicine.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats pumice among abrasive volcanic stones used in cleansing and related remedies. A Roman-era pharmacological use of the light scoria, not sand and not emery alone.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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  • Shellac is historically related to Pumice.

    In Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, a hat body is stiffened with a varnish of shellac and other resins in alcohol or naphtha, then after drying the nap may be rubbed with pumice before sealing-skin finish.

    from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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  • Mastic is historically related to Pumice.

    In Ure’s Dictionary, a white mastic varnish for pictures is dissolved and finished so as to be very drying and capable of being smoothed with pumice-stone and polished after the resins are united.

    from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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Roman religion

  • Pumice appears in Roman religion.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats pumice among abrasive and building stones of Roman craft speech. A named pumice in that encyclopedia, not pumice-medicine-pliny as the pharmacy edge already walked and not generic volcanic-rock dump alone.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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Nahua tradition

European folklore

  • Rottenstone is historically related to Pumice.

    Ure’s Dictionary seats ROTTEN-STONE under TRIPOLI and describes polishing first with pumice-stone, then finishing smooth with tripoli and oil. A named rottenstone in that polishing-earth speech, not emery alone, and not chalk-line.

    from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

    historically related to · sourced · documented

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