Pratas shoal. Proby. Providence. Puerto Rico. Pulo Anna. PUMICE floated to coral-islands. Pylstaart. PYRARD DE LAVAL, astonishment at the atolls in the Indian Ocean.英文原著 · 《Coral Reefs》
You cannot image any one more bewitching than this Montenegrin prince. Slender, fine, with crisp hair curled by the tongs, shaved "a week under" and pumice-stoned on that, bestarred with out-of-the- way decorations, he had the wily eye, the fondling gestures, and vaguely the accent of an Italian, which gave him an air of Cardinal Mazarin without his chin-tuft and moustaches. He was deeply versed in the Latin tongues, and lugged in quotations from Tacitus, Horace, and Caesar's Commentaries at every opening.英文原著 · 《TARTARIN OF TARASCON》
Qualis spelunca subito commota Columba, Cui domus, et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem--mox aere lapse quieto, Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas.英文原著 · 《The Natural History of Selborne》
It was more like the cabin of a ship than anything on land could ever be, and Jack Rotheram began to weaken towards it. In course of time other things were discovered, showing what a thorough person X. A large India rubber bath, for instance, and a bath sheet to go under it. A Beatrice oil stove and oil. An electric torch for sudden requirements at night. A tea-basket for picnics. Quantities of cart-oil. A piece of pumice stone (very thoughtful).英文原著 · 《The Slowcoach》
Basaltic lavas.--Numerous craters truncated on the same side.--Singular structure of volcanic bombs.--Aeriform explosions.--Ejected granite fragments.--Trachytic rocks.--Singular veins.--Jasper, its manner of formation.--Concretions in pumiceous tuff.--Calcareous deposits and frondescent incrustations on the coast.--Remarkable laminated beds, alternating with, and passing into obsidian.--Origin of obsidian.-- Lamination of volcanic rocks.英文原著 · 《Volcanic Islands》
Concretions in pumiceous tuff. Calcareous deposits and frondescent incrustations on the coast. Remarkable laminated beds, alternating with, and passing into, obsidian. Origin of obsidian. Lamination of volcanic rocks. (MAP 2: THE ISLAND OF ASCENSION.)
This island is situated in the Atlantic Ocean, in latitude 8 degrees S., longitude 14 degrees W. It has the form of an irregular triangle (see Map 2), each side being about six miles in length. Its highest point is 2,870 feet ("Geographical Journal" volume 5 page 243.) above the level of the sea.英文原著 · 《Volcanic Islands》
You helped me work out the masses of all the fermions And you pumiced my hammer toe.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
May I point out that for eight long months, I suffered in silence as your female companion Filled our apartment with her off-key country music caterwauling, The unappetizing spectacle of her grinding a pumice stone Against her calloused feet in our living room, And night after night of uninformative美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》