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unusual facts about brine



Amblecote

He made his fortune from extracting brine to make salt in his works at Stoke Prior near Droitwich, and who became known as the 'Salt King'.

Antarcticite

As its name implies, it was first described in 1965 for an occurrence in Antarctica where it occurs as crystalline precipitate from a highly saline brine in Don Juan Pond, in the west end of Wright Valley, Victoria Land.

Brine Lacrosse

It was developed and published by SkyZone Entertainment and presented by Brine, Corp. It is currently available for AT&T, Sprint, Cincinnati Bell and T-Mobile.

Dead Sea canal

Red Sea–Dead Sea Canal, a proposed conduit (pipes and brine canal) which would run from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea

Fermented bean curd

Fermented bean curd can also be added in small amounts, together with its brine, to flavor stir-fried or braised vegetable dishes (particularly leafy green vegetables such as water spinach).

History of Styria

The railway brought tourists to alpine lake resorts and mineral springs at Rohitsch (today's Rogaška Slatina) and Bad Gleichenberg, the brine springs of Bad Aussee, and the thermal springs of Tuffer (today's Laško), Neuhaus am Klausenbach and Tobelbad.

Intrepid Potash

This plant siphons off brine from the nearby Bonneville Salt Flats during the winter when the bed is covered in brine.

Khewra

The tourist attractions inside the mine include: Assembly Hall, Pul-saraat, Indoor Brine Ponds, Badshahi Mosque, Sheesh Mahal, Crystal Valley, Minar-E-Pakistan, The Great Wall of China, Narrow Gauge Electric Railway, Pakistan Post Office, Salt Crystal Formations and Old Mining Machinery.

Kurnakovite

In addition to the type locality in Kazakhstan, kurakovite has also been reported from the Zhacang-Caka brine lake, Tibet; the Kirka borate deposit, Kiitahya Province, Turkey; the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California; Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California; and the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina.

Lupin poisoning

# Pickling the beans in salt and vinegar and water brine, and keeping them refrigerated if proper canning hygiene is not followed.

Maraschino cherry

Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of horticulture at Oregon State University, developed the modern method of manufacturing maraschino cherries using a brine solution rather than alcohol.

Max Schlemmer

The Laysan Finch was able to survive by scavenging other dead birds, and the Laysan Duck survived because its diet of brine flies was unharmed.

Oka cheese

The cheese rounds are placed on cypress slats and the cheeses are periodically turned and hand washed in a weak brine solution.

Port Spencer

The brine return was considered by the Federal Government to be a potential risk to the Fairy Tern, which relies on nearby populations of bait fish in order to breed successfully.

Solar and heat pump systems – IEA SHC Task 44 / HPP Annex 38

These collections include models for solar thermal collectors (flat plate, vacuum tube and uncovered), heat pumps (air-source, ground source / brine source), ground heat exchange (vertical boreholes as well as horizontal collectors) and heat storage (sensible and latent).

Tolpuddle Martyrs

James Brine, James Hammett, George Loveless, George's brother James Loveless, George's brother in-law Thomas Standfield, and Thomas's son John Standfield were arrested, tried before Judge Baron John Williams in R v Lovelass and Others.


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