Image Mineraly.sk mastenec.jpg right thumb Steatite in its raw mineral form Soapstone also known as steatite ... of years. Petrology Image Talc block.jpg thumb right A block of talc Petrology Petrologically , soapstone ... FeCr oxide s. It may be schist ose or massive. Soapstone is formed by the metamorphism of Ultramafic ... s. Pyrophyllite , a mineral very similar to talc is sometimes called soapstone in the generic sense ... not have such a soapy feel as that from which soapstone derives its name. Physical characteristics ... is sometimes used for soapstone. It is often used as an Electrical insulation insulator or housing for electrical ... Korisettar, Manohar Press, New Delhi, 2002. ref Uses Historical Uses Soapstone is used for inlaid designs, sculpture, beermat coasters , and kitchen countertop s and sinks. The Inuit often use soapstone ... make bowls, cooking slabs, and other objects from soapstone historically, this was particularly ... of Alabama Press, 1993 ISBN 0 8173 0670 6 ref Locally quarried soapstone was used for gravemarkers ..., Georgia Cleveland , as simple field stone and slot and tab tombs. Vikings hewed soapstone ... Rosendahl, The Vikings , The Penguin Press, 1987, page 105 ref Soapstone is sometimes used for fireplace ... the Redeemer statue Christ the Redeemer sculpture are made of soapstone. Rio de Janeiro Tepe Yahya , an ancient trading city in southeastern Iran , was a centre for the production and distribution of soapstone ... Antiquarian ref The Yoruba of West Nigeria utilized soapstone for several statues most notably ... size. The Yoruba of Ife also produced a miniature soapstone obelisk with metal studs called superstitiously the staff of Oranmiyan Modern Uses Soapstone has been used in India for centuries as a medium for carving. Mining to meet world wide demand for soapstone is threatening the habitat of India s tigers ... soapstone. ref cite web url http www.4to40.com discoverindia places index.asp?article discoverindia ..., especially in Minas Gerais , due to the abundance of soapstone mines in that Brazilian state, local ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Soapstone Ridge nrhp type image caption nearest city Atlanta, Georgia added May 7, 1973 refnum 73002138 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref Soapstone Ridge is a mafic ultramafic geological complex located in the Piedmont United States Piedmont region, south east of Atlanta, Georgia on a convert 25 sqmi km2 adj on area in DeKalb County, Georgia DeKalb County and neighboring Fulton County, Georgia Fulton , and Clayton County, Georgia Clayton Counties. Many archaeology archaeological sites, including Archaic period in the Americas Late Archaic quarry sites dated between 600 BCE and 1500 BCE, occur on Soapstone Ridge. ref Freeman, David B. 1997 . Carved in Stone the History of Stone Mountain. Mercer University Press, ISBN 0865545472 ref ref Elliott, Daniel T. 1986. The Live Oak Soapstone Quarry, Dekalb County, Georgia . Garrow & Associates, Inc., Atlanta. Submitted to Waste Management of Georgia, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, 124 pages. ref At least 17 quarry sites and 23 workshops sites have been located on Soapstone Ridge. ref Elliott, Daniel Thornton. 1980. Soapstone Use in the Wallace Reservoir A Tool for Interpreting Prehistory ., Unpublished Master s thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. ref References reflist Category National Register of Historic Places in Georgia U.S. state Category Geology of Georgia U.S. state Category Archaeological sites in Georgia U.S. state Category Geography of DeKalb County, Georgia Category Geography of Fulton County, Georgia Category Geography of Clayton County, Georgia US archaeology stub US geology stub Atlanta stub ... more details
Soapstone is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Pittsylvania County , in the U.S. state of Virginia . References gnis 1493624 Pittsylvania County, Virginia coord 36 40 21 N 79 38 43 W type city region US VA source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in Virginia Category Populated places in Pittsylvania County, Virginia PittsylvaniaVA geo stub ... more details
File Soapstone LindenmeierSite.JPG thumb 300px The arroyo surrounding the Lindenmeier archaeological site Folsom culture on Soapstone Prairie Natural Area near Fort Collins, Colorado. Soapstone Prairie Natural Area is 28 square mile park and conservation area located in northeastern Larimer County, Colorado Larimer County , Colorado , United States . The Fort Collins, Colorado City of Fort Collins purchased the land for Soapstone Prairie Natural Area in 2004, which was opened to the public in 2009. ref name soapstone cite web url http www.fcgov.com naturalareas finder soapstone title Soapstone Prairie Natural Area publisher City of Fort Collins year 1996 2011 accessdate 2011 09 19 ref Shortgrass prairie The natural habitat of eastern Colorado was shortgrass prairie. Over the past 150 years much of the land is used for agriculture. Of the 40 of remaining shortgrass prairie remaining, much of it is degraded and fragmented due to neighboring cities, towns and farms. ref cite web url http www.fcmdsc.org trails tour3 tour3.html title Trails of Northern Colorado Exploring Cultural and Natural Heritage publisher Fort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center year 2010 accessdate 2011 09 19 ref Lindenmeier Site main Lindenmeier Site The Lindenmeier Site , named for the previous Lindenmeier Ranch, is a Folsom tradition Folsom archaeological site on the Soapstone Prairie Natural Area. The site contains the most extensive Folsom culture campsite yet found with an uncorrected averaged radiocarbon date of 10,660 60 B.P., or 8,710 B.C. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on January 20, 1961. ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 153&ResourceType Site title Lindenmeier Site accessdate 2007 10 15 work National Historic Landmark summary ... links http fcgov.com naturalareas pdf soapstone management plan.pdf City of Fort Collins Soapstone Prairie Management Plan http www.fcgov.com naturalareas finder soapstoneSoapstone Prairie Natural ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries nrhp type image caption nearest city Whiteford, Maryland locmapin Maryland area architect architecture added May 12, 1975 governing body Private refnum 75000903 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries , also known as Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Archeological Site, is an archeological site located near Whiteford, Maryland Whiteford , Harford County, Maryland . The site includes evidence of the manufacture of vessels from boulders instead of from bedrock. This activity dated from 1700 to 1000 B.C. ref name mht cite web url http www.mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 293&COUNTY Harford&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Harford title Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries publisher Maryland Historical Trust accessdate 2008 10 29 ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. ref name nris References Reflist External links http www.mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 293&COUNTY Harford&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Harford Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries, Harford County , including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust website National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Category Archaeological sites in Harford County, Maryland Category Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland HarfordMD NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox Settlement official name Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska settlement type Census designated place CDP nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps pushpin map Alaska pushpin label position left the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location within the state of Alaska pushpin mapsize image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location coordinates region US AK subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 U.S. state State subdivision name1 Alaska subdivision type2 List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska Borough subdivision name2 Matanuska Susitna Borough, Alaska Matanuska Susitna government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area area magnitude area footnotes area total km2 58.5 area land km2 58.5 area water km2 0 area total sq mi 22.6 area land sq mi 22.6 area water sq mi 0 Population population as of United States Census, 2010 2010 population footnotes population total 855 General information timezone Alaska Time Zone Alaska AKST utc offset 9 timezone DST AKDT utc offset DST 8 elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft coordinates display display inline,title latd 61 latm 41 lats 25 latNS N longd 149 longm 7 longs 27 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal code type postal code area code Area code 907 907 blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 02 09657 blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Buffalo Soapstone is a census designated place CDP in Matanuska Susitna Borough, Alaska Matanuska Susitna Borough ... Buffalo Soapstone is located at coord 61.690168 149.124202 type city region US format dms display ... area ca Buffalo Soapstone de Buffalo Soapstone es Buffalo Soapstone Alaska fr Buffalo Soapstone nl Buffalo Soapstone pt Buffalo Soapstone Alasca vo Buffalo Soapstone ... more details
Broad Creek may refer to some locations in the United States Water bodies Alpha by state Broad Creek Susquehanna River , in Maryland Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries Broad Creek Bogue Sound , in North Carolina Communities Broad Creek, Maryland , a former town on Kent Island Broad Creek, Prince George s County, Maryland Broad Creek, North Carolina See also Broad River disambiguation geodis ... more details
Judaculla Rock is a large curvilinear shaped outcrop of soapstone with quarry scars and petroglyphs . It is located on a 0.85 acre rectangular shaped property, owned by Jackson County , approximately 60 meters east of Caney Fork Creek, a major branch of the northwestward trending Tuckasegee River , in the mountains of western North Carolina. The petroglyph boulder occurs within an artificially created bowl shaped depression, which is currently covered with mowed grass previously a corn field and bordered on the west by a thicket of river cane Arundinaria gigantea . Slightly upslope and east of the boulder are a few smaller outcroppings of soapstone bedrock, at least two of which show definite scars left by quarrying for soapstone bowl manufacture. Description of the Rock The surface of the westward slanting main boulder with petroglyphs, which measures roughly 22 square meters, also includes scars left by soapstone bowl extraction, both as stems within depressions n 3 and as hollow scallops n 3 . ref name JohannesLoubser Johannes Loubser and Douglas Frink. Heritage Resource Conservation Plan for Judaculla Rock, State Archaeological Site 31JK3, North Carolina. Stratum Report submitted ... suggest that the petroglyph production post dates soapstone bowl quarrying at the site, a finding that is supported by similar overlaps at smaller soapstone boulders in western North Carolina Brinkley ..., Jackson County, North Carolina, Sylva, 2009 ref These layers, which contain soapstone and lithic fragments left by soapstone bowl manufacture, most probably date to the Late Archaic. ref Dan Elliott. The Live Oak Soapstone Quarry, DeKalb County, Georgia. Garrow and Associates, Atlanta. 1986 ref ref Ken Sassaman. Refining Soapstone Vessel Chronology in the Southeast. Early Georgia 25 1 1 ... that the petroglyphs on top of the Late Archaic soapstone extraction scars date to anywhere between ... Judaculla Rock contains physical traces of Late Archaic soapstone quarrying and bowl manufacturing ... more details
soapstone site for nearly 40 years. He had expert knowledge about soapstone and its various characteristics and knew the Nunnanlahti soapstone site as well as anyone in the region. The company At the beginning ... products, NunnaUuni fireplace NunnaUuni fireplaces , are built from MammuttiStone soapstone and the fireplaces ... with University of Oulu that aimed to analyze the characteristics and heat properties of soapstone ... more details
Image Zimbabwe Bird.svg thumb 200px right The Zimbabwe Bird Image Zim bird.jpg thumb 150px left Copy of Zimbabwe Bird soapstone sculpture Image Flag of Zimbabwe.svg thumb 200px right National flag of Zimbabwe containing the Zimbabwe Bird. Image Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.svg thumb 200px right Flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia 1979 1980 Image Flag of Rhodesia.svg thumb 200px right Flag of Rhodesia 1968 1979 Image Monnaie Zimbabwe.jpg thumb 200px right A Zimbabwe Dollar coin The stone carved Zimbabwe Bird is a national emblem of Zimbabwe , appearing on the national flags and coats of arms of both Zimbabwe and Rhodesia , as well as on Rhodesian dollar banknotes and coins first on Coins of the Rhodesian pound Rhodesian pound and then Coins of the Rhodesian dollar Rhodesian dollar . It probably represents the Bateleur Bateleur eagle or the African Fish Eagle . ref cite journal title The Soapstone Birds from Great Zimbabwe journal African Arts year 1985 volume 18 number 3 pages 68 73,99 100 author Thomas N. Huffman url http www.jstor.org stable 3336358 ref ref cite journal title Review The Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe Symbols of a Nation by Edward Matenga journal The South African Archaeological Bulletin year 2001 volume 56 number 173 174 pages 105 106 author Paul Sinclair url http www.jstor.org stable 3889033 ref The famous soapstone bird carvings stood on walls and monoliths of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe built starting in the 11th century and continuing for over 300 years ref http www.metmuseum.org toah hd zimb hd zimb.htm Great Zimbabwe 11th 15th century Thematic Essay Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bot generated title ref by ancestors of the Shona people Shona . The ruins, which gave their name to modern Zimbabwe, cover some 1,800 acres 7.3 km and are the largest ancient stone construction in Zimbabwe. When the ruins of Great Zimbabwe were discovered by modern civilization in the late nineteenth century, five of the carved birds they found ... more details
Kisii may refer to Kisii, Kenya , a town in Nyanza region of southwestern Kenya Kisii District , a district in Kenya, also known as Kisii Central District Gucha District , in Kenya, also known as South Kisii District Nyamira District , in Kenya, also known as North Kisii District Kisii people , an ethnic group in Kenya, also known as Abagusii or Gusii people Gusii language , spoken by the Kisii people Kisii School for the Deaf , the only Deaf run school for Deaf children in Kenya Kisii stone is a name for soapstone , quarried in Tabaka area of southern Kisii District. disambig de Kisii sw Kisii maana no Kisii sh Kisii sv Kisii ... more details
File Puppe und Ball Gr nland 19Jh Linden Museum.jpg right thumbnail Inuit doll at the Stuttgart, Linden Museum Inuit dolls are made out of soapstone and bone , materials common to the people of northern Alaska . Many are clothed with animal fur or skin. Their clothing articulates the traditional style of dress necessary to survive cold winters, wind, and snow. References Bachmann, Manfred & Hansmann, Claus. Dolls the World Over . New York Crown Publishers, 1973. Jones, Suzi, Ed. Eskimo Dolls . Alaska State Council of the Arts, 1982. Larson, Jack Lenor. Folk Art from the Global Village . Santa Fe, NM Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995. Category Traditional dolls NorthAm native stub ... more details
This is a list of minerals, both metallic and non metallic. Metallic Aluminium Antimony Arsenic Chromite Coal Copper Dolomite Gold Iron ore Fire clay Fluorite Glass sand Garnet Granite Graphite Gypsum Lead Magnesite Manganese Tungsten Zinc Non Metallic Asbestos Barite Brine Calcite Cinnabar Kaolinite Kaolin Kyanite Lignite Limenite Limestone Marble Mica Rock phosphate Potash Pyrite Quartz Radioactive minerals Halite Rock salt Sand Silica sand Soapstone Sulphur Vermiculite Vesuvianite Zircon See also Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation PMDC References Encyclopedia of Pakistan by Zahid Hussain Anjum , Jahangir Book Depot, Pakistan 2005 2006 Category Pakistan related lists Minerals of Pakistann ... more details
Esi Museum is a museum in Esi , Nigeria . The museum was the first to be established in Nigeria when it opened in 1945. The museum once housed over one thousand tombstone figures or images representing human beings. It is reputed to have the largest collection of soapstone images in the world. ref http allafrica.com stories 200905041139.html All Africa ref In modern times the Esie museum has been the center of religious activities and hosts a festival in the month of April every year. ref http nigerianembassy.hu index.php?option com content&task view&id 37&Itemid 50 Nigerian Embassy ref References reflist Museums in Nigeria Nigeria museum stub Category Museums in Nigeria Category Museums established in 1945 coord missing Nigeria ... more details
File The Nuuk Art Museum.jpg thumb right Nuuk Kunstmuseum Nuuk Art Museum lang da Nuuk Kunstmuseum is the only private art and crafts museum in Greenland , located in Nuuk , the capital. ref name Kunst http www.kunstmuseum.gl www.kunstmuseum.gl ref The museum contains a notable collection of paintings, watercolors, drawings and graphics, figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by the businessman Svend Junge . ref name Kunst Of particular note is a collecitons of over 150 paintings by Emanuel A. Petersen . ref name Kunst References reflist Nuuk coord 64.1779 51.7293 type landmark region GL display title Category Buildings and structures in Nuuk Category Museums in Greenland Category Article Feedback 5 Greenland stub museum stub da Nuuk Kunstmuseum fr Mus e d art de Nuuk ... more details
border is adjacent to the State Forest in Somers. Soapstone Mountain used to be the site of a Soapstone ... to other CCC sites accessdate 2009 06 13 ref Recreation opportunities Soapstone Mountain features ... , passes through the Shenipsit State Forest and passes over the summit of Soapstone Mountain. Camping ... more details
there was pottery production since the area has a good supply of clay. Soapstone production About a century ago the production of soapstone began at the farm Baarstad. Baarstad became a large employer for the surrounding area and the production lasted about a century until the soapstone supply was exhausted ... to Otta, Norway Otta . This resulted in improved conditions for the soapstone business. In 1896 .... The firms produced soapstone products as well as talcum. At the height of the activity in the business ... to the Otta Dairy. Gradually the soapstone production declined until it reached the current level. There is still limited production of soapstone for wood stoves and fireplaces. A S Granit still produces wood stoves and fireplaces. The soapstone was until the fall of 1995 extracted mostly from s rberget, but the company is now extracting soapstone from both B rstad and Nyseterberget. Electricity ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Schuyler Historic District nrhp type hd image caption location Crossroads of Schuyler Rd., Salem Rd. and Rockfish River Rd., Schuyler, Virginia locmapin Virginia area architect Bruce, Andrew architecture Queen Anne Style architecture Queen Anne , Italianate architecture Italianate added March 21, 2007 governing body Private refnum 07000195 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Schuyler Historic District is a national Historic district United States historic district located in Schuyler, Virginia . It comprises convert 563.9 acre km2 and includes 138 primary resources dating from its settlement period of the 1840s through the mid 20th century. A primary component are eight soapstone quarries located in Schuyler, with eight additional located just over the Albemarle County line. It represents a cohesive industrial community with the majority of its dwellings representative of vernacular regional building traditions. There is an Executive Row of dwellings overlooked the centrally located soapstone company from atop a bluff, with other quarry focused neighborhoods fanned out along adjacent hilltops. ref cite web url http www.dhr.virginia.gov registers Counties Nelson 062 5002 SchuylerHD NRfinal 2007.pdf title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form date 2008 11 21 work Schuyler Historic District publisher Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. ref name nris References reflist External links http www.dhr.virginia.gov registers Counties Nelson 062 5002 SchuylerHD NRfinal 2007.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form http www.dhr.virginia.gov registers Counties Nelson 062 5002 SchuylerHD photographs.htm National Register Nomination Courthouse Hill Schuyler Historic District, Lynchburg http www.dhr.virginia.gov registers Counties Nelson Schuyler.pdf Schuyler Historic District Map National Register of Historic Places Cate ... more details
Infobox person image image size caption birth name Grace Mukomberanwa birth date birth place Zimbabwe nationality Zimbawe Zimbabwean yearsactive occupation Sculpture height Medium Soap Stone Spouse Nicholas Mukomberanwa husband relatives Nicholas Mukomberanwa husband br Anderson Mukomberanwa son br Ennica Mukomberanwa daughter br Lawrence Mukomberanwa son br Nesbert Mukomberanwa nephew Netsai Mukomberanwa daughter br Taguma Mukomberanwa son br Tendai Mukomberanwa son website box width 260px Grace Mukomberanwa born 1944 is a Zimbabwe an sculptor . She is a first generation soapstone sculptor of Shona art . She was the wife of renowned first generation artist Nicholas Mukomberanwa . They both trained in soapstone sculptor and then trained their children in the same craft. She was one of the leading female sculptors in Zimbabwe. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the world. ref http www.african millennium.com contentpage.aspx?pageid 2366 ref Mukomberanwa Family Sculptors She is a member of the Mukomberanwa Family sculptors. ref http www.herald.co.zw inside.aspx?sectid 508&cat 10 ref Mukomberanwa was the wife of Nicholas Mukomberanwa . She was the mother of sons Anderson Mukomberanwa Anderson , Lawrence Mukomberanwa , Tendai Mukomberanwa Tendai , Taguma Mukomberanwa Taguma , daughters Netsai Mukomberanwa Netsai , and Ennica Mukomberanwa , and the aunt of Nesbert Mukomberanwa , all of whom are sculptors. External Link http www.african millennium.com contentpage.aspx?pageid 2366 http fineartamerica.com profiles joseph wise gallery.html Joseph Wise Gallery References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mukomberanwa, Grace ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1944 PLACE OF BIRTH Zimbabwe DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH The Mukomberanwa Family DEFAULTSORT Mukomberanwa, Grace Category 1944 births Category Living people Category Zimbabwean sculptors Category Sculptors Category Sculptors by nationality Zimbabwe sculptor stub ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 Image PounceSprinkler.JPG thumb 220px A Pounce pot or sprinkler at the London Science Museum Pounce is a fine powder that was sprinkled over wet ink to hasten drying prior to the invention of blotting paper . The powder was prepared from substances such as finely ground salt, sand, or powdered soft minerals such as talc or soapstone . A mixture of sandarac gum, and pumice or cuttlebone serves as pounce and can also be used for sizing paper and vellum . ref cite web url http www.aromaticplantproject.com articles archive Sandarac Pounce.html title Sandarac Pounce atself can be accessed by pedestrians via Victoria Park Avenue, or via Albion Avenue, or via a walkway that leads to the nearby Crescent Town area.uthor Jeanne Rose date 2004 accessdate 2008 04 04 ref Pounce was commonly kept in a pounce pot , a small container resembling a Salt and pepper shakers salt shaker . Many pounce pots have concave lids to make it easier to return spare pounce to the pot. References reflist Pens Category Calligraphy material stub de Schreibsand ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Richard Chiwasa b. June, 1947 is a Zimbabwe an sculptor . Born in Harare , Chiwasa went to primary school locally until Standard Six. He began sculpting soapstone in 1967, later being taught to work harder materials by Canon Edward George Paterson at Nyarutsetso Art Centre . In 1970 he left the center to work at Victoria Falls , where he worked for ten years at the Craft Village . Chiwasa currently works in hard stones such as verdite , springstone , and butter jade . He has worked with Sylvester Mubayi , Nicholas Mukomberanwa , and Moses Masaya among other sculptors. References http www.zimsculpt.com artist.php?id 48 Biographical sketch Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chiwasa, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1947 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chiwasa, Richard Category 1947 births Category Living people Category Zimbabwean sculptors Zimbabwe sculptor stub es Richard Chiwasa ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2007 Image Schiefertafelmitschwamm.jpg thumb Slate with sponge 1950 A writing slate is a piece of flat material used as a Recording medium medium for writing . In the 19th century, writing slates were made of slate , which is more durable than paper and was cheap at the time when paper was expensive. It was used to allow children to practice writing . Thin slabs of slate, typically three inches by five roughly 9 × 12 cm , were also bound into slate books for adult use in workplaces. Slates can be written on using a slate pencil . This is a rod made of soft slate, soapstone , or pressed clay , which makes a thin white line on the slate. Chalk can also be used. The writing can be wiped off with a soft cloth. Writing slates, although not made of the rock, are still used Scuba diving Scuba divers carry plastic slates and pencil s to communicate with other underwater diving divers , to record facts underwater or read pre dive plans. Proprietary writing slates which protect young children and their clothes from the damage and discolouration potentially caused by paint , pencil s and pen s are used as toy s or educational items. See also Chalkboard Pen computing Slate disambiguation Electronic devices DEFAULTSORT Slate Writing Category Tools Category Writing media ca Pissarra estri de Schreibtafel Schiefertafel ko he nl Lei schrijfplank sv Griffeltavla te ... more details
unreferenced date July 2009 Oak Lawn is a historical village in south west Cranston, Rhode Island . Prior to being named Oak Lawn in 1872 the area was known as Searle s Corner . The Edward Searle House , built in 1677, and one of the oldest standing structures in Rhode Island , is located in Oak Lawn. The village is also well known for its annual May Breakfast. This New England tradition began in Oak Lawn in 1865 as a way for the members of the Oak Lawn Baptist Church to raise money for local American Civil War veterans. The 1855 Herman Melville novel Israel Potter is based on the life and adventures of an American Revolutionary soldier who was raised on a farm near present day Oak Lawn. Oak Lawn was also the site of an important archeological excavation in the 1950s when archeologists discovered bowls and other Native Americans in the United States Native American artifacts dating over 10,000 years old which had been carved from soapstone. In the pre colonial era the area was populated with bands of the Narragansett Indians known as the Meshanticut and Natick Indians. Today, much of the Village of Oak Lawn has been designated as a historic district United States historic district by the National Historical Society . RhodeIsland geo stub coord 41 45 07 N 71 28 38 W type city region US RI display title Category Villages in Providence County, Rhode Island Category Cranston, Rhode Island ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Image Mammoth ivory Doctor s Lady.JPG right thumb 250px Mammoth Ivory Doctor s Lady Figurine carved by Master carver Image doctors lady.jpg thumb Ivory doctor s lady, c. 1850 200px A Doctor s lady is a small figurine depicting a nude or nearly nude female, usually said to have been used by traditional China Chinese male physicians to allow a female patient to indicate the location of her discomfort in a modest fashion, without showing or pointing to her own body. Doctor s ladies may be made from various materials such as ivory, resin, semiprecious stone, or soapstone, and are typically from 10 to 25 cm long, often with a base in the form of a couch. Examples are known from the Ming Dynasty Ming and Qing Dynasty Qing periods. Smaller amulets of the same design are common, but many of these are probably netsuke or ornamental amulets, not designed for practical use. DEFAULTSORT Doctor s Lady Category Traditional Chinese medicine Medical equipment stub China hist stub nl Doctor s lady ... more details
The Peterborough Transcript was a weekly newspaper published in Peterborough, New Hampshire Peterborough , New Hampshire for 157 years. It was founded in 1849 , and remained the only local weekly newspaper for more than a century. It was owned by the Cummings family from 1900 until September 2006, when it was bought by the competing Monadnock Ledger , and became part of the Monadnock Ledger Transcript . In a story announcing the merger, then publisher Joe Cummings described the paper s history John Miller and Kendall Scott founded the Transcript in 1849. Originally named the Contoocook Transcript, this newspaper was the fourth newspaper in Peterborough, the previous three having failed. In its first issue, the publishers stated, In commencing this enterprise, we frankly tell you that we have our doubts and fears in regard to its ultimate success. In 1900, George Cummings sold his soapstone quarry in Francestown, New Hampshire Francestown to purchase the Transcript. It has been in the Cummings family ever since. Four generations have served as its publishers. After George, Paul Cummings Sr. served in that post, followed by his son Paul Jr., who took over the reins in 1946. Joe, Paul s son, presently serves as publisher. ref http 64.233.161.104 search?q cache RXbauirDX1QJ www.peterboroughtranscript.com story 1.htm peterborough transcript history&hl en&gl us&ct clnk&cd 1 403 Forbidden Bot generated title ref References references Category Newspapers published in New Hampshire ... more details
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