It derives ultimately, from the Latin for heel, " calx ", and most likely comes from the trampling technique to consolidate earthworks.
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The derivation from " calx " can most likely be explained by the practice in the Ancient Roman era of consolidating earthworks through trampling with the heel of the foot.
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The English word derives from the Latin " calculus ", which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder ( from Latin " calx " ).
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When air had become completely phlogisticated it would no longer serve to support combustion of any material, nor would a metal heated in it yield a calx; nor could phlogisticated air support life.
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Police and soldiers poured tons of bleach and calx, similar to lime, into the river to soak up the spill, said a Henan environmental protection official, who gave only his surname, Dong.
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A recipe involving the use of three ingredients was given in Abu l-Qasim s treatise from Persia in the 14th century : a glass-frit of quartz and potash, a lead-tin calx and a calcination of limestone and quartz.
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:: The Latin " conculcare " ( note the extra C-meaning to trample or tread underfoot ) comes from " calx ", which is a heel or a foot ( and also chalk or limestone, but apparently that is unrelated to the " heel " meaning ).
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Stahl proposed that metals were made of calx, or ash, and phlogiston and that once a metal is heated, the phlogiston leaves only the calx within the substance . He was able to make the theory applicable to chemistry as it was one of the first unifying theories in the discipline.
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Stahl proposed that metals were made of calx, or ash, and phlogiston and that once a metal is heated, the phlogiston leaves only the calx within the substance . He was able to make the theory applicable to chemistry as it was one of the first unifying theories in the discipline.
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Between January and November 2015, an anonymous user posted 268 tracks on Soundcloud ( later removing the tracks " 4 Red Calx " and " 5 Girl Boy Dark Version " ), under the names " user487363530 ", " user4873635301 ", " user48736353001 ", and finally " user18081971 ".
