Sediment Grain Size

Famous quotes containing the words grain and/or size:

    “Whan that the firste cok hath crowe, anoon
    Up rist this joly lovere Absolon,
    And him arrayeth gay at point devis.
    But first he cheweth grain and licoris,
    To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “To believe her limited in range because she was harmonious in method is as sensible as to imagine that when the Atlantic Ocean is as smooth as a mill-pond it shrinks to the size of a mill-pond.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)