Latintos

Latintos stands for "language transformations in texts and open sources." The LATINTOS BLOG highlights different spellings and different meanings of words, phrases and abbreviations as well as their origin. Latintos compares words in different contexts and different languages including scientific and formal languages. Further, name construction is analyzed and applications of systematic names and nomenclature systems are monitored.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Volume strength and its other terms for the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in mixtures with water

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Volume strength  is a dimensionless quantity defined to express the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in a water/hydrogen peroxide ( H 2 O/...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Named to honor Andrew Allen Veatch: Veatch's stickleaf (Mentzelia veatchiana)

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Veatch's stickleaf on a dry slope near Reno, Nevada Mentzelia veatchiana is a flowering-plant species in the Loasa family ( Loasa...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Whom is Fort Warren on Georges Island named after?

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View from the ramparts at Bastion C of Fort Warren on Georges Island Fort Warren on Georges Island —now part of Boston Harbor Islands Stat...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

The “Province Lands Fist”

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Peninsulas are sometimes nicknamed based on their resemblance to anatomical shapes or other objects with a characteristic form. One of the ...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

A plant genus named after Quaker scientist John Fothergill

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Fothergilla major   (Large Fothergilla or Mountain Witch Alder) John Fothergill (1712-1780) was born into a Quaker family in Yorkshire, Eng...
Saturday, May 1, 2021

A lighthouse name originating from the Narragansett language: Pomham Rocks Light

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Pomham Rocks Lighthouse , constructed in 1871: Happy 150th Birthday! The Pomham Rocks Lighthouse ( Pomham Light , for short) was constructe...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

Seven Hills Park: Somerville's history in the sky

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Going with the wind: “Ploughed Hill wane” in Seven Hills Park   We learn at school that Rome was founded on seven hills . There are many ot...
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