Hi Mike >From the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: Efflux: 2. The lapse of time etc, hence expiry Effluxion: 2 = Efflux 2 So it could be a mis-transcription or a "mis-spelling" in the original. HTH Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Whitehead & Stephanie Keates" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:30 AM Subject: [OEL] Effluxien Dear members In a 19th century document about the lease to mine coal in an area of Gloucestershire, England is the statement ".. lease of the Rangeworthy Colliery will expire by [effluxien] of time" The word "effluxien" was not clear so our spelling might be wrong. Please can anyone help with the meaning of "effluxien"? Thanks in anticipation, Mike Whitehead on behalf of the South Gloucestershire Mining Research Group. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message