Silver
Chemical Element
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Coat of arms of London County Council...charged with a lion of England, the shield ensigned with a Mural Crown gold" The blue and silver waves represented the River Thames and the Port of London. The English lion on a St George's cross was to show that London was the royal... In this article: London, Saint George, College of Arms, Silver, County of London, Tacitus, City Corporation, and England |
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Scotland on Sunday | June 09, 2009
Man killed in golf club collision named
...son in Berkshire has been named. Dr Salim Verjee was knocked down by a silver Mercedes at the Sonning Golf Club in Duffield Road, Sonning-on-Thames, at around midday on Saturday. The 66-year-old was taken to the Royal...
In this article: Thames Valley Police, Oxfordshire, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and Royal Berkshire Hospital
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Telegraph.co.uk - Sport | November 06, 2009
Alan Campbell becomes Champion of the Thames against the world's best sculler
...the Boat Race course. Homegrown talent Alan Campbell and his New Zealand rival Mahe Drysdale were half a length apart when they won silver and gold respectively at this year's world championships in Poland, then took part together in the...
In this article: Alan Campbell, Thames, Mahe Drysdale, Dog, and Rowing New Zealand
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Scotland on Sunday | March 29, 2009
Oxford power to Boat Race victory
...rhythm and Oxford made them pay. Oxford, featuring five Olympians including club president Colin Smith who won silver with the British eight in Beijing, began hauling Cambridge in around Chiswick Reach. And once the Thames turned back in...
In this article: Oxford, Cambridge, River Thames, All rights reserved, Oxford University, and Hammersmith Bridge
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Daily Mail | April 25, 2009
Transatlantic escort and a chauffeured Chunnel trip for Barclays boss's pampered pooch
...and Allie were met by their chauffeur. Allie was allowed a quick trot around outside the terminal building before she and Mr Mooney got into the silver Jaguar XJ Sovereign and were driven to London. They arrived at the two-bedroom...
In this article: Barclays Bank, Dog, Paris, London, Atlanta, Georgia, and UK
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Wikipedia | August 14, 2009
Royal Thames Yacht Club
...Hyde Park . The club was first formed in 1775. Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, younger brother of King George III, made a silver cup available for a race on the River Thames. He formed the Cumberland Fleet, an alternative...
In this article: Knightsbridge, London, America's Cup, King George III, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and River Thames
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea
...and a bordure or heraldic border added. The bordure consisted of silver and blue waves, representative of the River Thames, and bore sixteen gold stars for the sixteen wards of the borough. The new crest on top of the helm was the dove...
In this article: Labour Party, Lavender Hill, London Government Act 1899, College of Arms, Progressive Party, Municipal Reform Party, and John Archer
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Wikipedia | August 01, 2009
Thames Rowing Club
...Britain's greatest ever single sculler. Jack Beresford (son of Julius) took Silver at the 1920 Amsterdam Olympics in an epic race with Jack Kelly , before going one better with Gold at Paris in 1924. He won the Diamond Sculls at Henley four...
In this article: Thames, Julius Beresford, Steve Fairbairn, First World War, Amateur Rowing Association, and London
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Telegraph.co.uk - Golf | December 01, 2008
Golfer Colin Montgomerie escapes driving ban with help of Mr Loophole
...Magistrates' Court, driving at 70mph in a 40mph zone. He was caught speeding in his silver Bentley along Kingston Road, the A3, in Kingston upon Thames, South west London, on March 30. It is the third time the sportsman has been involved in...
In this article: Colin Montgomerie, Nick Freeman, Summons, and Thames
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The Battle of the Sun by Jeanette Winterson
...Silver, a 21st-century girl. The tale reaches its peak as the magus turns the city into gold - including everything edible, so people starve and turn on each other - and Jack and Silver fight to reverse the spell. Winterson's prose is...
In this article: Jeanette Winterson, London, The Sunday Times, and Thames
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Silver (pronounced: /ˈsɪlvɚ/) is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag (argentum, from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήεντος - argēentos, gen. of ἀργήεις - argēeis, "white, shining" ) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. The metal naturally occurs in its pure, free form (native silver) and as an alloy with gold (electrum), as well as in various minerals, such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a by-product of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining.
Silver has been known since ancient times and has long been valued as a precious metal, used to make ornaments, jewelry, high-value tableware and utensils (hence the term silverware) and currency coins. Today, silver metal is used in electrical contacts and conductors, in mirrors and in catalysis of chemical reactions. Its compounds are used in photographic film and dilute solutions of silver nitrate and other silver compounds are used as disinfectants. Although the antimicrobial uses of silver have largely been supplanted by the use of antibiotics, further research into its clinical potential is in progress.
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