Proctor Silex made electrical household appliances like vacuum coffee makers. In 1966, SCM bought the consumer product company Proctor Silex, manufacturers of toasters and can-openers. Hamilton Beach continues to be a major brand, as are Waring and Proctor Silex. In 1990, the company merged with Proctor Silex, another household appliance manufacturer. The terroir is made up of clay, limestone, sand and silex soils. The word "silicon" comes from the Latin word "silex" or "silicis", which means "flint". Paleolithic people made tools of silex and ate fruits, fish and other hunted animals. The god here had no image and was represented by the sacred flintstone ("silex"). The P-120 missile was later used as the basis for the SS-N-14 Silex rocket-propelled torpedo. It was not until the writing of "Silex Scintillans" that Vaughan received significant acclaim. The literal meaning of the phrase is ""onyx" with its compounds, and "silex"". Silex is any of various forms of ground stone. CO lasers are used in spectroscopy and the Silex process to enrich uranium. In 2014, both GLE and Silex Systems restructured, with Silex halving its workforce.