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"Strontium hydroxide, Sr(OH)2, is a caustic alkali composed of one strontium ion and two hydroxide ions. It is synthesized by combining a strontium salt with a strong base. Sr(OH)2 exists in anhydrous, monohydrate, or octahydrate form. Preparation Because Sr(OH)2 is slightly soluble in cold water, its preparation can be easily carried out by the addition of a strong base such as NaOH or KOH, drop by drop to a solution of any soluble strontium salt, most commonly Sr(NO3)2 (strontium nitrate). The Sr(OH)2 will precipitate out as a fine white powder. From here, the solution is filtered, and the Sr(OH)2 is washed with cold water and dried. Applications Strontium hydroxide is used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar and as a stabilizer in plastic. It may be used as a source of strontium ions when the chlorine from strontium chloride is undesirable. Strontium hydroxide absorbs carbon dioxide from the air to form strontium carbonate. Safety Strontium hydroxide is a severe skin, eye and respiratory irritant. It is harmful if swallowed. References External links *http://www.chemicalland21.com/industrialchem/inorganic/STRONTIUM%20HYDROXIDE.htm Category:Strontium compounds Category:Hydroxides Category:Bases (chemistry) "
"Frederick W. Haultain (November 7, 1821–1882) was a British Army officer and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1821 to Major General Francis Haultain and Eliza Ann Dean, as well as grandson of Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Haultain. Haultain lived in Belgium while his father was stationed there and eventually returned to Britain. studied at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, England. He served with the Royal Artillery, retiring as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1860. He moved to Canada and settled at Peterborough later that year and was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Peterborough in 1861 as a Conservative. In 1864 as a member of the Reform Party, he was elected to the same seat in a by-election for the 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada. Haultain later moved to Montreal to work with missionaries and then returned with his family to Peterborough.http://www.david-kilgour.com/uneasy/chap02.htm Haultain died in 1882 and his wife Lucinde Helen Gordon died in 1915. His son, Frederick W. A. G. Haultain served as Conservative Premier of the Northwest Territories and played an important role in establishing the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. References Category:1821 births Category:1882 deaths Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada "
"Kells () is a village near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, that also encompasses the neighbouring village of Connor () (Ulster-Scots: Connyer). As such it is also known as Kells and Connor in which they share a primary school, library, development association etc. It is in Mid and East Antrim District Council. Kells and Connor had a population of 2,053 people (808 households) in the 2011 Census. An old stone bridge crosses the Kells Water, separating Kells from Connor. There is a gate community around kells due to past history. A Christian settlement in Connor was established in 480 AD and a Monastery in Kells in 500 AD. History There is much evidence, from written sources and archaeological material, that Connor was a sizeable, complex settlement in the Early Christian period, probably with monastic and secular elements coexisting. The church of the early monastic establishment at Connor was re-built as the cathedral of the medieval Diocese of Connor and Kells. It was destroyed in the Confederate wars of the mid seventeenth century and replaced by the present Church of St Saviour early in the nineteenth century, its foundation stone for the church being laid in 1811 and the building consecrated in 1813. During the Middle Ages, an Augustinian community was established at Kells nearby. This Augustinian Abbey survived into the early seventeenth century, but was burnt in 1641. Only one wall and some short runs of wall remain of the Abbey and these are now preserved in the grounds of Dinsmore's textile factory. Connor was the site of a significant battle between the invading army of Edward Bruce and Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, on 9 September 1315. Following the defeat of the Anglo-Normans by the Scots army Connor was sacked. Kells and Connor was the location where the 1859 Ulster revival started. Transport * Kells was formerly served by the Ballymena and Larne Railway, a narrow gauge railway. Kells railway station opened on 24 August 1878, closed for passenger traffic on 31 January 1933 and finally closed altogether on 3 June 1940. See also * List of villages in Northern Ireland References *Culture Northern ireland Category:Villages in County Antrim "