This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[Gk. barys, heavy.] One of the metallic elements, first isolated by Sir H. bavy, from whom it received its name. It occurs in heavy spar (sulphate of barium) and in baryta (a compound with oxygen). Some of its compounds are used in the preparation of fire-works.
 
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