Rochelle salt
Rochelle salt colorless to blue-white orthorhombic crystalline salt with a saline, cooling taste. It is also called Seignette salt after Pierre Seignette, an apothecary of La Rochelle, France, who was the first to make it (c.1675). Chemically, it is potassium sodium tartrate, KNa (C 4 H 4 O 6 )·4H 2 O. It is soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol, melts at about 75°C, has specific gravity 1.79, and exhibits double refraction. It is used in medicine as a mild purgative, often in the form of Seidlitz powders. It is an ingredient of Fehling's solution . It is used in silvering mirrors. Crystals of Rochelle salt are easily grown and are used in piezoelectric devices, e.g., crystal microphones and phonograph pickup cartridges (see piezoelectric effect ).
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Jerseys enjoy short shelf life; Trades, legal troubles hurt value.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...Alternatively, fans can buy the jersey of a universally popular veteran...authentic "retro-style" jerseys, has seen business boom in...decisions to purchase a vintage jersey as opposed to a current one...said. "We say here that our jerseys have a built in 'no trade...right wing was traded to the ...
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Jersey Jams Fund announces Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares charitable tribute Concert Series and live CD'; "Somebody's got to do something. It might as well be us" -- Jerry Garcia.
M2 Presswire; 7/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...offering music scholarship to the New Jersey Children of 9/11 in order to make...000 in music scholarship to 30 New Jersey Children of 9/11 between the ages...provide music scholarship to the New Jersey Children of 9/11 and free music...
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New Jersey ACT supports standards for licensing resource recovery operators. (New Jersey for A Clean Tomorrow)
PR Newswire; 8/23/1989; 700+ words
; NEW JERSEY ACT SUPPORTS STANDARDS FOR LICENSING RESOURCE...Committee. This committee was formed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection...operators and technicians over the past year. New Jersey Act was a charter member of the New Jersey...
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Jersey fund businesses to benefit from reforms: final details of long-awaited fund regulation reforms are expected shortly from the Jersey Financial Services Commission. Expectations are high, as the changes should boost the jurisdiction's competitiveness in the private equity fund administration market.(Legal and Regulatory Exchange)
Newspaper article from: European Venture Capital Journal; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Proposed changes to Jersey's fund policy are designed...in private equity funds. The new policy should streamline the...The choice of jurisdiction for new funds is determined by the needs...legislation is failing to encourage new business. "The problems are...
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United Jersey Bank/Northwest votes to merge with United Jersey Bank, Hackensack.
PR Newswire; 10/3/1990; 700+ words
; ...With the proposed consolidation of United Jersey Bank/Northwest, we will have only three banks in New Jersey rather than the seven we had at the beginning...in assets and more than 270 offices in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. The company...
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Miniature Jerseys: it was love at first sight.
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...was, he began building me a new little barn and I began looking...searched the ads daily to find a Jersey cow and When one was advertised...had made contact with several Jersey owners and the cows they had...seeing an ad for Miniature Jerseys. This is when I began to get...searching the Internet ...
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JERSEY CATTLE GROUP TO MEET; FARMERS SAY IT IS A MORE EFFICIENT BREED.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 6/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...awards in 17 classes for cheeses. Jersey cattle Jersey cattle originated in Jersey, the largest island in the Channel...home to the Guernsey cattle breed. New York state is home to about 11,000 Jerseys. This compares to 563,000 Holsteins...
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1st Jersey Agrees to Pay $10 Million Settlement
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/17/1987; ; 700+ words
; First Jersey Securities Inc. has agreed...among several thousand First Jersey customers on whose accounts...In settling the case, First Jersey did not admit any wrongdoing...customer against Brennan and the New York-based brokerage in October...
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New Jersey: opportunities abound. (Regional review: Middle Atlantic).
Newspaper article from: Plants Sites & Parks; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...state in the Mid-Atlantic Region, New Jersey has come into its own as a strategic...manager, Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey Inc., disagrees. "Being in the...country. Land costs in southern New Jersey, for example, are comparable to...
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South Jersey Industries Joins Growing List of Customers Selecting Nth Orbit's Certus for Their Compliance Solution.
Business Wire; 12/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...is an energy services holding company for South Jersey Gas, South Jersey Energy, South Jersey Resources Group, LLC and Marina Energy LLC...HVAC and appliance repair services in southern New Jersey. The competitive enterprises offer: retail...
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Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems, Inc
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems...Landmark Place Manasquan, New Jersey 08735-1026 U.S...Inc., is the Manasquan, New Jersey-based operator of...his name (and according to New Jersey law he was not even allowed...
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Jersey City: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
Jersey City: Education...over by the state of New Jersey in 1989...their programs. Jersey City Medical Center...and Dentistry of New Jersey. Saint Francis...library opened a new branch serving the...Cunningham Library after Jersey City's late Mayor...
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New Jersey
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the beginning colonial New Jersey was characterized...owned vast estates. West Jersey had fewer people than East Jersey, and both English Quakers...large landholdings. Both Jerseys remained agrarian and...ports for shipping to New York and Philadelphia...more settlers, and New ...
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East Jersey
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
EAST JERSEY EAST JERSEY. East...within the colony of New Jersey after the English...wars of colonial East Jersey, however, informed the politics of the new state. These culture...African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613 –...
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Jersey City: Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...programs Programs funded by the state of New Jersey are for the most part administered...those companies that create jobs in New Jersey; grants can equal up to 80 percent...Businesses must maintain location in New Jersey for at least one and a half times...
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