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21Partenstein — Infobox German Location Wappen = Wappen Partenstein.png lat deg = 50 |lat min = 3 lon deg = 9 |lon min = 31 Lageplan = Bundesland = Bayern Regierungsbezirk = Unterfranken Landkreis = Main Spessart Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Partenstein Höhe = 194… …
22barite — /bair uyt, bar /, n. a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO4, occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium. Also, barytes. Also called heavy spar. [1780 90; BAR(YTES) + ITE1] * * * or barytes or heavy… …
23Ponderous — Pon der*ous, a. [L. ponderosus, from pondus, eris, a weight: cf. F. pond[ e]reux. See {Ponder}.] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. [1913 Webster] The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous… …
24Barium — (pronEng|ˈbɛəriəm) is a chemical element. It has the symbol Ba, and atomic number 56. Barium is a soft silvery metallic alkaline earth metal. It is never found in nature in its pure form due to its reactivity with air. Its oxide is historically… …
25Baryte — (barite) Baryte crystals on dolomite from Cumbria, England (size: 5.4×4.6 cm) General Category Sulfate mineral, barite group …
26Barium sulfate — chembox new ImageFile = Barium sulfate 2D.png ImageSize = 225px ImageName = Chemical structure of barium sulfate ImageFile1 = Barite unit cell 3D vdW.png ImageSize1 = 225px ImageName1 = 3D model of barium sulfate IUPACName = OtherNames = Section1 …
27River Thames — Thames redirects here. For other uses, see Thames (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°29′56″N 0°36′31″E / 51.4989°N 0.6087°E / 5 …
28barium — 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… …
29Arbuthnott — ARBUTHNOTT, a parish, in the county of Kincardine, adjoining the town of Bervie, and containing 1015 inhabitants. The name of this place has undergone many changes in its pronunciation and spelling; but, from documents in the possession of the …
30barite — Barytes Ba*ry tes, n. [Gr. bary s heavy: cf. Gr. bary ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called {heavy spar} or {barite}. See {Barite}. [1913 Webster] …
