Callow

A continuous belt formed of fine screen wire travels horizontally between two drums. Pulp, fed from above, flows through together with the finer solids, while coarser material is ...

Callow cone

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A conical free-settling tank. Pulp is fed centrally; the finer solid fraction overflows peripherally, and the coarser fraction is withdrawn at a controlled rate via the apex at ...

Callow flotation cell

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

An early form of pneumatic flotation cell, still in limited use. Air is blown in at the bottom of the tank at low pressure, through a porous septum such as a blanket, and 479 ...

Yoni

Language; Encyclopedias

A Hindu symbol of the female principle in nature, and as such an object of worship. See Linga.

Zacoccia

Language; Encyclopedias

A king of Mozambique who, according to the Lusiad, received Vasco da Gama with welcome, believing him to be a Mohammedan, but conceived feelings of bitterest hatred to him when he ...

unitarians

Language; Encyclopedias

A designation applicable to all monotheists in religion, including Jews and Mohammedans, but generally and more specially applied to those who deny the Church doctrine of the ...

Ural

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A river of Russia, which rises in the E. of the Urals and forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia, and falls after a course of 870 m. by a number of mouths into the ...

Tournay

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A town of Hainault, Belgium, on the Scheldt, 35 m. SW. of Brussels; in the 5th century was the seat of the Merovingian kings, but now presents a handsome modern appearance; has a ...