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ˈSolenhofen [See def.] Solenhofen slate or Solenhofen stone, a fine-grained variety of limestone, used esp. in lithographic printing, quarried in the upper beds of the Jurassic formation at Solenhofen in Bavaria. So Solenhofen bed.
1833–4Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 634/1 Solenhofen beds. In the centre of the German Jura..occur beds of white fissile limestone, now universally employed in lithography. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 256/1 The Jurassic limestone of Solenhofen, commonly called the Solenhofen slate. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 698/1 The Solenhofen stone, in its chemical decomposition, consists of lime and carbonic acid. |