A history of inventions and discoveries, tr. by W. Johnston. Vol. 1-3; 4, 2nd ed, المجلد 41817 |
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... ble metals . In the old Greek versions of these Hebrew books , bedil is always translated by cassi- teros , except in the passage of Isaiah , where no metal is mentioned . In Zecharias , the translator calls HISTORY OF INVENTIONS .
... ble metals . In the old Greek versions of these Hebrew books , bedil is always translated by cassi- teros , except in the passage of Isaiah , where no metal is mentioned . In Zecharias , the translator calls HISTORY OF INVENTIONS .
الصفحة 5
... passage bedil is our tin ; but must it not appear astonishing that the Midianites , in the time of Moses , should have possessed this metal ? Is it not possible that the Hebrew word denoted a metallic mixture or artificial metal , which ...
... passage bedil is our tin ; but must it not appear astonishing that the Midianites , in the time of Moses , should have possessed this metal ? Is it not possible that the Hebrew word denoted a metallic mixture or artificial metal , which ...
الصفحة 6
... passages , Ezekiel , chap . xxii . ver . 18 and 20 , and chap . xxvii . ver . xii , express it by the word κασσίτερος . In the last - mentioned passage tin and iron have ex- changed places . The Targumists also call it tin ; and some ...
... passages , Ezekiel , chap . xxii . ver . 18 and 20 , and chap . xxvii . ver . xii , express it by the word κασσίτερος . In the last - mentioned passage tin and iron have ex- changed places . The Targumists also call it tin ; and some ...
الصفحة 7
... passage of but from the Cassiterides islands . The name may be Phoenician ; and though Bochart has not ventured to give any etymology of it , one , in case of necessity , might have been found equally probable as that which he has given ...
... passage of but from the Cassiterides islands . The name may be Phoenician ; and though Bochart has not ventured to give any etymology of it , one , in case of necessity , might have been found equally probable as that which he has given ...
الصفحة 8
... passage , with the assistance of my predecessors , and by comparing myself the ac- count of the Roman with our works , I shall here lay before the reader ; and perhaps it may induce others to improve and enlarge it . But I must first ...
... passage , with the assistance of my predecessors , and by comparing myself the ac- count of the Roman with our works , I shall here lay before the reader ; and perhaps it may induce others to improve and enlarge it . But I must first ...
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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.