Word: sedimentality
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...diameter. The precipitating jars were about two feet high and four inches across at the top, tapering to a point; at the bottom. These jars were furnished with covers, to protect the contents. The brine was collected from saline springs, placed in the jars, and allowed to stand until sediment had formed. The clear brine was then poured into great pans and evaporated over a fire. The forms of both types of vessel were perfectly adapted to the use to which they were...
...irregular parts of our continent has much advanced and consequently that of the whole structure, since the mountain regions give the main clues to the great geological movements. They represent the tracts of country which have been formed the longest, parts of them having always remained above water. The sediment washed by the sea from these protruding tracts has formed lime-stone and sand stone about their edges and the strata of these rocks is therefore much thicker here than in regions like the Mississippi basin which have been often submerged. One of the great theories of mountain formation takes...
...this and shun them entirely after a single trial. Yet Dr. Sargent prescribes sponge bathing for many men and if his instructions are to be followed these tubs must be used. The trouble is that they are flat bottomed and do not drain well, so that much of the sediment remains in them after men have finished washing. This is particularly liable to be the case in such tubs where much water is not needed and the rather small amount used does not flow out rapidly so as to carry out all the sediment and leave the tubs perfectly clean...