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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 known, the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… M.P. Hythe 1621-2, and 1624-5, advocate of Doctors' Commons 1618, principal of St. Alban Hall 1625-41, and 30 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) ZEAL-MONACHORUM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South … 2946 acres, of which 589 are common or waste. The soil in the southern part is a red fertile loam, and in the northern productive corn land; the surface is hilly, …
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 … allusions to Somerset; although Baker's paper is quoted in the preface (p. iii.) it has evidently been overlooked in the preparation of the work. As in other articles …
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. Out of the 139 species …
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 their range in other counties in the south of England. Amongst the …