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[70] The memorial was written entirely by Doctor Peter, the map was mostly copied from one published about that time by a Mr. Byrem Lawrence, who traveled and lectured on Geology in Kentucky and who subsequently went to Arkansas and made observations on its Geology, etc., and, as the writer believes, died there.
— from The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Robert Peter
A variety of onyx marble with bands of brown found in the cavern limestone of Gibraltar is known as Gibraltar Stone.
— from The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones by Isidore Kozminsky
A very representative lace of Genoa is known as collar lace, very widely used for the falling collars of the Vandyke period.
— from Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Emily Leigh Lowes
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