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My journal for the last year or two, has been selenitic in this sense.

From Excursions by Thoreau, Henry David

My journal for the last year or two has been selenitic in this sense.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 by Various

Deposits of gypsum are formed in boilers using selenitic water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Moreover, there was a growing conviction that there are no active volcanoes on the moon, and other considerations of the same tenor led to the complete abandonment of the selenitic theory.

From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith

It is claimed that a larger proportion of sand can be used with selenitic lime than with ordinary, thus counterbalancing the extra expense occasioned by royalty under the patent and special care in mixing.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various