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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… with, at its feet, two flint arrowheads, a scraper, two bone spatulae, a boar's tusk and a rubbing stone. In the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… shore (potash), and animal alkali obtained from burning BONE or from stale URINE (ammonia). During the 1780s, several …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… on the W. side of the road, 120 yards N.W. of (10). a(12). Bone House, cottage on the E. side of the road, 80 yards …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… commonly dyed with the aid of alum were WOOL, TEXTILEs and BONE. Both alum and COPPERAS became important commodities in … John Houghton claimed it could be used to assist in dyeing BONE [Houghton]. For these industrial uses the formulation …
A History of the County of Stafford
… working again by 1831, when it was enlarged to include a bone mill. 39 The mill was used for grinding corn until c. 1870 and for grinding bone until c. 1890. By 1884, and possibly by 1880, the mill …