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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 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… paper on the subject to the Somerset Archological and Natural History Society in 1851 ( Proceed. pp. 95110). … have since been made to the list given by Mr. Baker, and which is the source whence the present account has been … GANOIDS **97. Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio, Linn. Baker states very large sturgeons come up the Parret, sometimes …
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 …