Barytes
81Inverkeithing — INVERKEITHING, a parish, sea port, burgh, and market town, in the district of Dunfermline, county of Fife, 12½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the village of Hillend, 2530 inhabitants, of whom 1674 are in the burgh. This… …
82Kilbride — 1) KILBRIDE, county of Argyll. See Kilmore. 2) KILBRIDE, a parish, in the island of Arran, county of Bute, 20 miles (S. W. by W.) from Saltcoats; containing, with the villages of Brodick and Corrie, 2786 inhabitants, of whom 271 are in… …
83Kincardine In Monteith — KINCARDINE IN MONTEITH, a parish, in the county of Perth, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Doune; containing, with the villages of Kirklane and Woodlane, 2232 inhabitants. This parish, of which the name is of very uncertain etymology, is pleasantly… …
84Lochwinnoch — LOCHWINNOCH, a parish, in the Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, 4 miles (N.) from Beith, and 12 (S. by E.) from Port Glasgow; containing, with the village of Howwood, 4716 inhabitants, of whom 2681 are in the village of Lochwinnoch. The… …
85Newburgh — 1) NEWBURGH, a village and sea port, in the parish of Foveran, district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Ellon; containing 393 inhabitants. This is a small but flourishing place, situated on the bank of the river Ythan …
86Strontian — STRONTIAN, a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Ardnamurchan, district and county of Argyll, 23½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Fort William; containing 982 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the northern shore of Loch Sunart, derived… …
87barium — ba|ri|um [ˈbeəriəm US ˈber ] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: barytes weight ] 1.) a soft silver white metal that is used to make ↑pigments (=dry coloured powders used to make paints) . It is a chemical ↑element : symbol Ba. 2.) a barium… …
88barium — 1808, coined in Modern Latin from Gk. barys heavy; so called by its discoverer, English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy (1778 1829), because it was present in the mineral barytes heavy spar (barium sulphate), so named by Lavoisier from Gk. barys heavy… …
89sulphate of baryta — 1. (Native.) Barytes, heavy spar. 2. (Artificially made.) Blanc fix, permanent white …
90terra ponderosa — [L.] Barytes, heavy spar …
