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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… late seventeenth century. It involved heating the ore in a reverbaratory furnace until the ARSENIC came off in a white smoke that settled and was collected in a long wooden … and expensive preserved foods. One included it among his long-keeping 'rich sauces for fish, ... and all made …
Survey of London
… STREET CHAPEL In 1687 the Baptists of Southwark built 201 a meeting house in Gravel Lane on ground held by lease from … presumably was so named because of it, since "Zoar" means a place of refuge or sanctuary. The street is marked on the … Bunyan may have preached there, but as he died in 1688 his connection with it must have been of short duration. The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the late Mr. W. Baker, who has … mentioned one Somerset example of the common cormorant in his Birds of Somersetshire published in 1869, and even so … city boundary, and within the county of Somerset in 1899 (Dr. J. A. Norton, Bristol). 53. Spotted Flycatcher. Muscicapa …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca above the average, not only in … collecting was done in the western counties, Stephens in his Illustrations of British Entomology recording a very … insects are only kept within due bounds by their means. Dr. Sharp says that the destructive Winter Moth ( Cheimatobia …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained … on rather slender but sufficient evidence. Adam White, in his List of the specimens of British animals in the … 1 This Mr. Baker of Bridgwater was a correspondent of Dr. Leach, and subsequently of Thomas Bell, both …