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... Theophrastus the founder of the science . The very extensive and interesting class of Gnostic gems has never hitherto been treated of in any English work that has come in my way , except in the brief sketch by Dr. Walsh , itself little ...
... Theophrastus the founder of the science . The very extensive and interesting class of Gnostic gems has never hitherto been treated of in any English work that has come in my way , except in the brief sketch by Dr. Walsh , itself little ...
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... Theophrastus the best stone for engraving gems with was still imported from Armenia , points of itself to that locality as the place where its use was first discovered and generally adopted by the workers in this line . Although ...
... Theophrastus the best stone for engraving gems with was still imported from Armenia , points of itself to that locality as the place where its use was first discovered and generally adopted by the workers in this line . Although ...
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... Theophrastus , the Sardonyx had been almost unknown to the Greeks , and apparently supposed to be an artificial composition of the Indian jeweller . Demetrius Soter . Sard Thus the art went on in its rapid progress to its culminat- ing ...
... Theophrastus , the Sardonyx had been almost unknown to the Greeks , and apparently supposed to be an artificial composition of the Indian jeweller . Demetrius Soter . Sard Thus the art went on in its rapid progress to its culminat- ing ...
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... Theophrastus ( c . 30 ) thus specifies the kinds of gems most used in his own time , the 4th century before our era : - " But of gems out of which signets are made there are several others , such as the glass - like sort ( Beryl ) ...
... Theophrastus ( c . 30 ) thus specifies the kinds of gems most used in his own time , the 4th century before our era : - " But of gems out of which signets are made there are several others , such as the glass - like sort ( Beryl ) ...
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... much used by the Persians of all ages for setting in their The flat surface of a dark garnet will reflect objects with tolerable distinctness . arms and ornaments . The locality named by Theophrastus , 4 SECT . I. MATERIALS .
... much used by the Persians of all ages for setting in their The flat surface of a dark garnet will reflect objects with tolerable distinctness . arms and ornaments . The locality named by Theophrastus , 4 SECT . I. MATERIALS .
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