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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… by the ELL Sources: Rates. Aethiops mineral [aethiops mercury] In some medical books called 'Aethiops mercury' or 'Aethiops Mercurialis-Minerali'. It was an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… accounts of the excavation were published in The Stamford Mercury, 15 April, 27 May and 2 September, 1859. Medieval and … a gold coin of Maximus was found before 1862 ( Stamford Mercury, 19 September 1862). *b(8) Flint-Working Site (TL … a pot in 1873, apparently within the village ( Northampton Mercury, 1 Feb. 1873). 46 TANSOR Roman Roman pottery and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not found in the OED See also ARSENIC, CORAL, DITTANY, MERCURY PRECIPITATE. Sources: Inventories (early), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… several antique monuments, and on the outside a figure of Mercury, 2 feet in length. At Boroughbridge, Dunsforth, and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (Mrs. Fountaine's niece); below, econ. hist. Northampton Mercury & Herald, 5 May 1946. Below, econ. hist. 8 Geo. III … 212. Ibid., p. 181. Ibid., pp. 67-9, 179-80. Northampton Mercury and Herald, 5 May 1946. N.R.O., Mrs. Fountaine's … Oct. 1943; 25 Jan. 1944. NRO, YZ 7714, p. 54. Northampton Mercury & Herald, 5 May 1946. NRO, YZ 7714, p. 54. Ibid., pp. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… metals or a metallic compound, though not one containing MERCURY, which was called an AMALGAM. The most common alloys …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… in 1793 as newly built, James Hames being tenant ( Mercury, 15 July). The cellars comprise three parallel …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a supposed cure for the 'French Pox' apparently contained MERCURY. Nicholas Culpeper in his Physical Directory called …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… by chemical manipulation of GOLD or SILVER combined with MERCURY. The term was later extended to apply to any mixture of another metal with mercury. OED earliest date of use: 1471 Sources: Patents. … Pharmocopoeia, but without the addition of Mercury given there [Pemberton (1746)]. OED earliest date of …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… 1784-1808. Hobbs, P. M.A., Exeter. The state monopoly of mercury in New Spain, 1550-1710. Lang, M.F. Ph.D., Salford. …