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1106 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *k, entry *kai=sar
   games in honour of Gaius Caesar at Cos, (Cos); at Corinth and elsewhere, (Thespiae), etc. (40.38)

2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter A
   A town in the island of Cos, which the inhabitants abandoned in order to build Cos. (Strab. xiv. p. 658; Steph. (29.57)

3. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter P, entry Praxa^go^ras
   a physician of Cos, instructor of Plistonicus, Cels. praef. (22.99)

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1 from Renaissance Materials

1. Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation
   From thence by Cos (now called Lango) where Hipocrates was borne: & passing many other Ilands and rocks, we arrived at Rhodes, one of the strongest and fairest cities of the East: here we stayed three or foure dayes; and by reason of a By which went in the ship to Paphos in Cyprus, who used me with all kindnesse, I went about the city, and tooke the view of all: which city is still with all the houses and walles thereof maintained in the same order as they tooke it from the Rhodian knights. (1.85)

70 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Charles Dickens, Bleak House page 364
   Cos, says Jo, with a perplexed stare, but without being at all shaken in his certainty, Cos that there's the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. (12.89)

2. Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: Volume 3 chapter 1, page 10
   They‘ll say ‘Yes,’ but that‘s as a lark; ‘cos, sometimes when my boy has been taking the rats out of the cage, and somebody has taken his attention off, talking to him, he has had a bite, and will turn to me with his finger bleeding, and say, ‘Yes, I‘m rubbed, ain‘t I, father? (8.57)

3. Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: Volume 3 chapter 2, page 77
   In the course of the evening we‘ll burn six penny candles; we generally use the patent one, ‘cos it throws a clear light. (7.15)

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10 from American Memory: California

1. Seventy-five years in California; a history of events and life in California: personal, political and military; under the Mexican regime; during the quasi-military government of the territory by the United States, and after the admission of the state to the union: being a compilation by a witness of the events described; a reissue and enlarged illustrated edition of "Sixty years in California", to which much new matter by its author has been added which he contemplated publishing under the present title at the time of his death; edited and with an historical foreward and index by Douglas S. Watson. By William Heath Davis spage 4
   P. Invincible
   41 H.B.M. Inconstant
   42 Launch for Stockton (Emily & Jane)
   43 Customhouse
   44 Golden Gate
   45 Parkers Hotel
   46 P.M.S.S. Cos. Office
   47 S.H. Williams & Cos. Store
   48 F. Vassault & Cos. Store
   49 Leidesdorff's Residence
   50 Cross, Hobson & Cos. Store
   51 Starkey, Janion & Cos. Ware Ho.
   52 City Hotel
   53 Sherman & Ruckel
   54 Mellus & Howard
   55 Burling & Hill
   56 Wm. H. Davis
   57 Macondray & Co.
   58 Wm. S. Clark
   59 Catholic Church
   60 March & Simonton
   61 Ward & Smith
   62 Isld. (24.85)

2. A forty-niner speaks; a chronological record of a New Yorker and his adventures in various mining localities in California, his return trip across Nicaragua, including several descriptions of the changes in San Francisco and other mining centers from March 1849 to January 1851. With illustrations by the author Hiram Dwight Pierce page 56
   Sent a letter home by Treeler & cos Express. (6.12)

3. Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; with the author's experience at the mines. Illustrated by twenty-three drawings ...By William Redmond Ryan page 248
   "Iss, massar; I goin' back dere, cos no more good for me stop here, now. (4.04)

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3 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Souvenir. National grange in Michigan; page 44
   The present calendar year a company has been organized for Gratiot Co., and one for Wexford, Missaukee and Osceola Cos. Also a State Company, intended
   CYRUS G. LUCE (4.37)

2. Men of Progress: embracing biographical sketches of representative Michigan men: with an outline history of the state page 64
   No. of Cos. (4.04)

3. Historical Collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 10 page 674
   Cos scut ee nong Sebee ; Clinton, Not e Way Sebee . (2.53)

3 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 2 page 57
   This stone the Salvages doe call Cos, and of these (on the
   8 North end of Richmond Island) are store, and those are very excellent good for edg'd tooles: I envy not his happinesse. (2.53)

2. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 2 page 16
   Cos is a Whetstone with them. (0.77)

3. The Calvert papers, Vol I page 263
   Mrs Spry (who made that yor Lopp tasted when I was in England) hath not any good Enough as shee thinkes, And shee will not Loose that Reputation shee hath already Gott, And vnless shee furnishes mee, noe other housewife in Maryland Can I am Certaine, for the Cheeses Generally made here are soe Ranke and soe full of Eyes, that yor Lopp would bee angry with mee should I send such, I am sorry my Cos. Lukner thinkes not of Marryinge yett, because that Match would haue Brought a great deale of Honnour besids the Aduantages of a Plentifull fortune, I thanke yor Lordship for Causeinge Mr Pladwell to deliuer Copys of the Bonds for 1669 & 1670 to the farmers, I shall not faile of sendinge Copyes Euery yeare as the Act Requires, yor Lopp signifyes that the business betwixt his Royall Highness & yor Lopp is not yett determined which I am sorry for, I hope to heare news of yor Lordshipps good success in itt by the next Shippinge, Major ffitzherberts Brother who Maryed the Indian Brent, has Ciuilly parted with her And (as I suppose) will neuer Care to bed with her more, soe that yor Lopp needs not to fear any ill Consequence from that Match, butt what has already happened to the poore Man who vnaduisedly threw himselfe away vpon her in hopes of a great portion, which now is Come to Little, I shall doe my Endeauour to pswade people to Seate vp the Bay to the Northward of Thirty nine Degrees and a halle vpon those tearmes yor Lordship does order mee, Butt I fear none will goe as yett, for I find a greater Inclination in most yong Men to seat on the Sea Bord side, And many Discourse of the Southward plantations I pray God a Considerable number of our people doe not Remoue thither, Seruants are Attemptinge in many places to make their Escapes thither, But wee doe all wee Can to prevent these Mischeifes, If I can send yor Lordshipp any other affidauites besides that which yor Lordshipp hath of Van Swerring I will gett and send them by this Shippinge, Mr Nottly is now Speaker of or Assembly, hee and Mr John Moorecroft beinge Chossen Burgesses for the Citty of St. Maries, And by that Meanes I gott him into the Assembly, Though Doctor Wharton bee a good vderstandinge Man yett Dr Morecroft is much more for our purpose, being the best Lawyer in the Country, and has alwayes been (vpon other Assemblyes) A great Asserter of yor Lopps Charter and the Rights & privilidges thereof, I durst not putt itt to an Election in the Countyes Butt tooke this way which I Knew would Certainely doe what I desired And now I haue gott Mr Nottly into the Chaire, I haue Assured him, That with yor Lordships Leaue, I am Resolued to Keepe him there as longe as hee and I liue together, It is most Certaine that some of the Catholiques in the Assembly, Did not behaue themselues as was Expected, hereafter they will I hope Endeauour to vnderstand themselues Better And their owne Interrest, I will doe my Endeauours to gett the Act for Liquers past, this next Meetinge if I Can—My Reason for dislikinge the Act for forraign Coynes which I writ to yor Lordshipp about, is that the Assembly did not make those Coynes soe Currant as that people should Receiue them att their seuerall Rates specifyed in that Act, And itt happens, as I feared itt would, that many will not Deale att all for those Coynes vnless they may Goe for the old and former valew, which is Accordinge to the weight of the Silver, It is an Idle Act and may bee throwne out of doores, I am glad the business of the Shipp Wm of Douer has Giuen yor Lordship noe trouble, I hear that the Ship Ariued and the Master in prisson if soe yor Lopp will heare nothinge of itt, Truly my Lord I Couett noe mans goods, nor Vessell And doe not desire to grow Rich by such Courses, which Caused me to Encline Sr Talbot to that Guift, And itt happened to bee done att St Maries, the Assembly then sittinge, who thought itt a very noble Act And wrought much vpon them to our good I hope. (0.64)

3 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 215211
   COS, ANTIMACHEIA (5.66)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 43511
   COS (5.51)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 19616
   COS (4.72)

1 from NSDL Test Collection

1. LEVEL5 Astronomical Glossary entry brilliancy
   For Mercury and Venus the quantity ks2 / r2, where k = 0.5(1 + cos i), i is the phase angle, s is the apparent semidiameter, and r is the heliocentric distance. (6.28)