Black flux

(Chem.) A mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, much used in the laboratory as a reducing or deodorizing agent. It is prepared by heating tartrate of potash (cream of tartar) in a covered ve el, until a charred ma remains. Black'foot City, in Montana, a post-office of Deer Lodge co. Black'ford, in Indiana , an E.N.E. co. Area , 180 sq. m. It is watered by the Salamonie river. Surface , diversified; soil , fertile. Cap . Hartford. Pop . (1890), 10,500. Black'ford, in Kentucky , a post-office of Webster co. Black Forest, (Ger. Schwarzwald ,) a range of mountains in Germany; Lat. bet. 47° 30′ and 49°30′ N.; Lon. 7° 40 and 9o E. They are covered from base to crown with vast dense woods, rising in the grand-duchy of Baden, like a woody rampart between the valleys formed by the Neckar and the Rhine. They attain in several parts an elevation of 4,000 feet above the sea; and the Feldberg, 4,675 feet, is the highest mountain in W. Germany. No part of Germany is more a ociated with goblin stories, or supernatural horrors, than the Black Forest and its neighborhood. Black Fork, in Ohio, Rich land co., flowing into the Mohican River. Black Fork, in W. Virginia , a P.O. of Tucker co. Black Friars, n . pl. See DOMINICAN FRIARS. Black'gang Chine, in the Isle of Wight, one of the most highly picturesque parts of the Undercliff , q. v., but chiefly interesting for its geological formation. The cascade (fig. 367) falls in a perpendicular column from Fig . 367. BLACK GANG CHINE, FROM THE SEA-SHORE. a ledge 70 feet high, down the midst of a deep chasm formed in dark ferruginous clays and sands, and surmounted by broken cliffs 400 feet high, and towering above all is the majestic escarpment of St. Catherine's Hill, rising to an altitude of 800 to 900 feet. The bands mining towns of the State, located on the Union Pacific Railroad. Very extensive smelting works were located here. Black Hawk Point, in Louisiana , a village of Concord i a par. Black Head, a cape of Ireland, co. Antrim; Lat. 54° 46' N., Lon. 5° 42′ W. -Another in co. Clare, on the S. side of Galway Bay; Lat. 53° 9' N., Lon. 9° 16′ W. IMG:content-0641.png:[blocks in formation] Black'heath, in England , an elevated, moory tract of country, 5 m. S. E. of London. It lies in the co. of Kent, and is studded with the mansions and country boxes of wealthy London ers. Here, in 1497, the Cornish rebels, under Lord Audley, were defeated with great slaughter by Henry VII. Black Hills, in South Dakota and Wyoming , a range of mountains rising near the Mi ouri River, in about 47° N. Lat., and 103° W. Lon., and extending to about 43° N. Lat., where it diverges to the W. and becomes lost among the spurs of the Rocky Mountains. Harney's Peak, one of the highest summits, is 7,440 feet above sea-level. They are so called from the black, scrubby character of their timber, and have proved to be rich in mineral wealth, especially in gold. See SECTION II. Black Hole, n. The name given in England to the place of confinement in which soldiers undergo short terms of imprisonment for minor offences against military discipline, and hence applied to the old village lock - up or cage , the cells of a police-station, or any place in which persons are temporarily lodged in durance.