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Is Mr. Guppy sure that the “pumice” he records in NATURE for April 15 (p. 559), as found on Maenporth Beach, is the natural article? I ask because of having been accustomed to find pieces of a pumice-like stone, many light enough to float on the sea, along the Suffolk coast. This, however, is an artificial product, a sort of cinder from steamers, though it has deluded many people. It puzzled me for some time.
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WHITAKER, W. Pumice on the Comish Coast. Nature 33, 604 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033604b0
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