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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… that is roasted COBALT ore, or impure cobalt arsenate. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the centre of production in Europe was in SAXONY. Although the product itself was long … Rolt claimed there were two sorts, 'the fine and the common: the former is in a blueish cineritious stone; and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) ZEAL-MONACHORUM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South … the river Yeo, and comprises 2946 acres, of which 589 are common or waste. The soil in the southern part is a red fertile loam, and in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). Very few additions have since … one in particular from the estuary of the Parret. 4. Common Sea Bream. Pagellus centrodontus, Delaroche. This … killed with a sling, for great quantities of pellets of clay well adapted for use with that instrument have been …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of … a record of inland mollusca above the average, not only in the number of forms but in the abundance of individuals. … where the insect was found, even when it is considered as common everywhere; and when not taken by myself, I have added …
A History of the County of Somerset
… distribution throughout the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or … yet obtained certainly await discovery, if their existence in Somerset may be inferred from what has been ascertained of … south of England. Amongst the missing species which are common elsewhere may be mentioned Lithobius melanops, …