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What was slate used for in history?
a slate during the civil war was something you wrote your homework or school work in
What is rock used for?
It Means a group of companies or a local firm or organisation having business units in different sectors; with the big sales and turnovers.
What school supplies were used in the 1800s?
they used chalkboards,slates,pen and ink and chalk
What rock is used to coat emery paper?
I think it is either slate or quartz
What is used to turn shale into slate?
Shale (a sedimentary rock) transforms naturally into slate (a metamorphic rock) after millions of years of burial deep in the crust under high temperature and pressure. It it not possible to artificially transform shale into slate.
A hard tablet used for writing with chalk?
slate
How did the children write their diary in the days of Victorian?
At school it was normal to write with a slate penicil on a piece of slate (the slate pencil could be make of clay, soft slate, soapstone or chalk). The main advantage of slate was that it the marks could be erased and the slate could be reused.
Does chalk mean slate?
No. Chalk is a soft carbonate sedimentary rock whereas slate is a fissile rock with a pronounced cleavage formed by the metamorphism of fine grained sedimentary rocks containing clay minerals. Chalk (the soft white mineral used in marking on a slate or blackboard) is actually now commonly made from gypsum but in the past was actully composed of calcitic chalk.
A hard tablet used for writing on with chalk is called?
Slate
What is a piece of slate on which to write on with chalk named after a color?
A chalkboard is a piece of slate on which to write with chalk and is named after the color "black".
What was school life like in 1800 -1900?
very different it was strict and you wrote on slate with chalk[mini blackboard with chalk]
What is a blackboard?
A blackboard is a large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, which can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased.
Why can you use chalk to write on the blackboard but not granite?
Chalk is softer than the slate (real or artificial) used on blackboards, so it will flake off as you write. Granite is harder than slate and will not flake, but rather cut into or mark the slate permanently.
Are sedimentary rocks dark?
Some are, such as slate or coal. Others are not, such as chalk or halite.
What did children write with during World War 1?
Chalk on Slate board
When did we start to use chalk?
Students were using chalk at school in the early 1800s. Teachers had large chalkboards and students had slate boards to do their lessons on.
Whick type of rock has layers?
Sedimentary rock, such as limestone, chalk, slate and sandstone.
