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Devon Great Consols, the Glossary

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Arsenic, Bal maiden, Blister agent, Bollard, Copper, Cornwall, Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, Crane (machine), Devon, England, Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford, Grade (slope), Leat, Lode, Morwellham Quay, Ochre, Railroad car, River Tamar, Robert Hunt (scientist), Tavistock, Tungsten, Wales, William Morris, World War I.

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  3. Copper mines in England
  4. Mines in Devon
  5. Tavistock

Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.

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Bal maiden

A bal maiden, from the Cornish language bal, a mine, and the English "maiden", a young or unmarried woman, was a female manual labourer working in the mining industries of Cornwall and western Devon, at the south-western extremity of Great Britain.

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Blister agent

A blister agent (or vesicant), is a chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation.

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Bollard

A bollard is a sturdy, short, vertical post.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England.

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Crane (machine)

A crane is a machine used to move materials both vertically and horizontally, utilizing a system of a boom, hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves for lifting and relocating heavy objects within the swing of its boom.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford

Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford, (13 May 1788 – 14 May 1861), styled Marquess of Tavistock from 1802 to 1839, was a British peer and Whig politician.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Leat

A leat (also lete or leet, or millstream) is the name, common in the south and west of England and in Wales, for an artificial watercourse or aqueduct dug into the ground, especially one supplying water to a watermill or its mill pond.

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Lode

In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fracture (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock.

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Morwellham Quay

Morwellham Quay is an historic river port in Devon, England that developed to support the local mines. Devon Great Consols and Morwellham Quay are Industrial archaeological sites in Devon.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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Railroad car

A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).

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River Tamar

The Tamar (Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west).

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Robert Hunt (scientist)

Robert Hunt (6 September 1807 – 17 October 1887) was a British mineralogist, as well as an antiquarian, an amateur poet, and an early pioneer of photography.

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Tavistock

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.

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Tungsten

Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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William Morris

William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

Calstock

Copper mines in England

Mines in Devon

Tavistock

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Great_Consols