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Survey of London
… surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the Temple and Charing Cross. a York House, to which the York Water Gate … Jones, though some doubt is cast on this statement by an entry in the note-book of Nocholas Stone under the heading …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Zaffre - Zoobditty match Zaffre Also known as saffer and saffre, this processed BLUE mineral, that is roasted … COBALT ore, or impure cobalt arsenate. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the centre of production in Europe … until the ARSENIC came off in a white smoke that settled and was collected in a long wooden tunnel. The zaffre was …
Alumni Oxonienses
… to Merchant Taylors' school 1681; lecturer of St. Gregory, and St. Mary Magdalen, 1687, rector of Isfield, Kent, 1693, and of St. Martin Outwich, London, 1704-15; died at Hampton, … Richard, of Oxford (city), LL.D. St. Alban Hall, matric. entry 28 June, 1639, aged 14, student of Middle Temple 1642; …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a … Islands no less than 112 have been found in the county, and possibly one or two more may yet be added, such for …