calamita

Storax calamita, from Rhodes, to say, from Aneda, and Canemarie within Caramania.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

To this form of instrument the name "Transversal electro magnet" (_Eletro calamita transversale_) was given by its inventor, to whom is undoubtedly due the merit of having been the first to construct an electro-magnet the position of whose poles could be varied at will by means of a circular commutator.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various

` ` The calamita, or loadstone that attracts iron, produces many bad fantasies in man.

The Rambler, sections 171-208 (1751-1752); The Adventurer, sections 34-108 (1753); from The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes, Volume IV 1751

Salad for another $7.50 comprised of 4 leafs of romaine lettuce the world's smallest calamita olives beans from a can and Kraft balsamic vinegrette.

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[Hebrew: chkalamta], &c. "The calamita, or loadstone that attracts iron, produces many bad fantasies in man.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746