assayer
31Mexican real — The real was a currency of Mexico, issued until 1897. There were 16 silver reales to 1 gold escudo, with 8 tlacos to the real. The peso, which circulated alongside the real and eventually replaced it, was equal to 8 reales. The first reales… …
32Jack Richardson (actor) — Infobox actor name = Jack Richardson birthdate = 18 November 1883 birthplace = New York City USA deathdate = 17 November 1957 deathplace = Santa Barbara, California USA othername = occupation = Actor yearsactive = 1911 1951 imdb id = 0724586Jack… …
33Assay Office (Boise, Idaho) — Infobox nrhp | name =Assay Office nrhp type =nhl caption = location= 210 Main Street, Boise, Idaho lat degrees = 43 lat minutes = 36 lat seconds = 40.98 lat direction = N long degrees = 116 long minutes = 11 long seconds = 45.03 long direction =… …
34Silver hallmarks — A sterling silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate… …
35Galileo — /gal euh lay oh, lee oh/; for 1 also It. /gah lee le aw/, n. 1. (Galileo Galilei), 1564 1642, Italian physicist and astronomer. 2. Aerospace. a U.S. space probe designed to take photographs and obtain other scientific information while orbiting… …
36Ercker, Lazarus — born с 1530, Annaberg, Saxony died с 1594, Prague, Bohemia German writer on early metallurgy. In 1554 Ercker was appointed assayer at Dresden, the first of his many positions in the Saxony bureaucracy, and later became a control tester of coins.… …
37Draped Bust dollar — Bust Dollar United States Value 1.00 U.S. dollars Mass  26.96 g Diameter  39–40 mm Edge Lettered …
38Vauquelin , Louis Nicolas — (1763–1829) French chemist The son of a farm laborer from Saint André d Hebertot in France, Vauquelin began work as an apprentice to a Rouen apothecary. He became a laboratory assistant to Antoine François Fourcroy (1783–91), with whom he later… …
39Science and British philosophy: Boyle and Newton — G.A.J.Rogers INTRODUCTION Achievements in the natural sciences in the period from Nicholas Copernicus (1473– 1543) to the death of Isaac Newton (1642–1727) changed our whole understanding of the nature of the universe and of the ways in which we… …
40assay — Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange ( commodities exchange center). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. assay as‧say 1 [əˈseɪ, ˈæseɪ] noun [countable, uncountable] a test to… …
