A history of inventions and discoveries, tr. by W. Johnston. Vol. 1-3; 4, 2nd ed, المجلد 41817 |
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... early as that of Herodotus , Homer , and Moses . This I will not venture to deny ; but I can only admit that it is probable , or that the great antiquity of this metal cannot be so fully proved as that of gold , silver , copper , iron ...
... early as that of Herodotus , Homer , and Moses . This I will not venture to deny ; but I can only admit that it is probable , or that the great antiquity of this metal cannot be so fully proved as that of gold , silver , copper , iron ...
الصفحة 2
... early period , though not so early as with copper . I must also admit that tin might have been more easily discovered , because it is frequently found near the surface of the earth ; seen in the Philosoph . Transact . vol . lvi . p . 35 ...
... early period , though not so early as with copper . I must also admit that tin might have been more easily discovered , because it is frequently found near the surface of the earth ; seen in the Philosoph . Transact . vol . lvi . p . 35 ...
الصفحة 3
... early as has hitherto been believed , it must , on account of the circum- stance here first remarked , have been scarce and therefore exceedingly dear . In this manner , the aurichalcum or Corinthian brass , according to the expression ...
... early as has hitherto been believed , it must , on account of the circum- stance here first remarked , have been scarce and therefore exceedingly dear . In this manner , the aurichalcum or Corinthian brass , according to the expression ...
الصفحة 16
... early as 1524 and 1526 , at Franckfort ; which however from Melanchthon's letter appears to be improbable . This book was inserted also in a collection edited by the well - known Becher at Franckfort , 1698. fol . under the fol- lowing ...
... early as 1524 and 1526 , at Franckfort ; which however from Melanchthon's letter appears to be improbable . This book was inserted also in a collection edited by the well - known Becher at Franckfort , 1698. fol . under the fol- lowing ...
الصفحة 17
... early as 1688 to revive this abstrich in particular ; and as the lead thence obtained , on account of its hardness , could not be disposed of like common lead , it was sold to the letter - founders at Brunswick , at first at the rate of ...
... early as 1688 to revive this abstrich in particular ; and as the lead thence obtained , on account of its hardness , could not be disposed of like common lead , it was sold to the letter - founders at Brunswick , at first at the rate of ...
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الصفحة 393 - The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.
الصفحة 393 - For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten their forke which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...
الصفحة 108 - French school of historical scholars, at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
الصفحة 394 - Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home. Being once quipped for that frequent using of my forke by a certain learned Gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one Mr.
الصفحة 300 - Priest, &c. ; with a Commentary, in which the antiquity of them is considered and defended by Jeremiah Milles, DD, Dean of Exeter.
الصفحة 394 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
الصفحة 298 - This information is confirmed by another account. It is related in Stow's Chronicle, that the earl of Pembroke was the first nobleman who wore worsted knit stockings. In the year 1564, William Rider, an apprentice of Master Thomas Burdet, having accidentally seen in the shop of an Italian merchant a pair of knit worsted stockings, procured from Mantua, and having borrowed them, made a pair exactly like them, and these were the first stockings knit in England of woollen yarn. From this testimony,...
الصفحة 142 - Heennen, that indigo should be entirely banished from the empire, and that an exclusive privilege should be granted to those who dyed with woad. This was followed by an imperial prohibition on the 21st of April 1654, in which every thing ordered in regard to the devil's dyes is repeated, with this addition, that great care should be taken to prevent the private introduction of indigo, by which the trade in woad was lessened, dyed articles injured, and money carried out of the country.
الصفحة 59 - Mox, ut est ingeniosa sollertia, non fuit contenta nitrum miscuisse, coeptus addi et magnes lapis, quoniam in se liquorem vitri quoque ut ferrum trahere creditur.
الصفحة 316 - In the year 1589 the ingenious William Lee, Master of Arts, of St. John's College, Cambridge, devised this profitable art for stockings (but being despised went to France) ; yet of iron to himself, but to us and others of gold, in memory of whom this is here painted.