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A History of the County of York
… Cross while above it was a great candelabrum having three oil containers and nine rows of lights; the second altar was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… East Worthing works were being extended and improved. 12 Oil lamps were erected by the town commissioners in 1818 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… malting and brewing are still carried on, and there is an oil-mill in the vicinity. Courts leet and baron are held, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir George …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… or 'upon poles' (that is, hung outside to bleach), 'in the oil', etc. Much yarn was spun at home, hence 'home-spun', so … Yellow rosin is a bye-product of the distilled TURPENTINE OIL, and is the substance left at the bottom of the still … TALLOW, ROSIN and SODA, perhaps with the addition of PALM OIL, hence probably at this period either synonymous with …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Sandstone is found in some places, with aluminous shale; pyrites of iron and calcareous spar are also … of other fish, caught for domestic consumption, with the oil obtained from it, at 360. Sea-trout are also abundant; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1965. Until 1965 the church was lit by candles or oil lamps. 57 There are two bells, one given by Elizabeth …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a great number of alternations of sandstone, clay, shale, coal, and ironstone, which form the substrata of the … sand, proceeding westward, appear, first, the blue shale and thin coal of the Vale of Went, and then the …