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The Project Gutenberg eBook ofThe Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) CONTENTSOF THE SIXTH VOLUME. Chapter 3 BOOK XXXII.1REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS. CHAP. 2.—THE TORPEDO: NINE REMEDIES. CHAP. 3.—THE SEA HARE: FIVE REMEDIES. CHAP. 4.—MARVELS OF THE RED SEA. CHAP. 5. (2.)—THE INSTINCTS OF FISHES. CHAP. 6.—MARVELLOUS PROPERTIES BELONGING TO CERTAIN
FISHES. CHAP. 7.—PLACES WHERE FISH EAT FROM THE HAND. CHAP. 8.—PLACES WHERE FISH RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN VOICE.
ORACULAR RESPONSES GIVEN BY FISH. CHAP. 9.—PLACES WHERE BITTER FISH ARE FOUND, SALT, OR
SWEET. CHAP. 10.—WHEN SEA-FISH WERE FIRST EATEN BY THE PEOPLE OF
ROME. THE ORDINANCE OF KING NUMA AS TO FISH. CHAP. 11.—CORAL: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS. CHAP. 12.—THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST
BETWEEN CERTAIN OBJECTS. THE HATREDS MANIFESTED BY
CERTAIN AQUATIC ANIMALS. THE PASTINACA: EIGHT REMEDIES.
THE GALEOS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES. THE SUR-MULLET:
FIFTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 13. (3).—AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. CASTOREUM: SIXTY-SIX
REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS. CHAP. 14. (4.)—THE TORTOISE: SIXTY-SIX REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS. CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC ANIMALS,
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES. CHAP. 16. (5.)—REMEDIES FOR POISONS, AND FOR NOXIOUS SPELLS.
THE DORADE: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SEA-STAR: SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 17.—REMEDIES FOR THE STINGS OF SERPENTS, FOR THE
BITES OF DOGS, AND FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY VENOMOUS
ANIMALS. THE SEA-DRAGON: THREE REMEDIES. TWENTY-FIVE
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SALTED FISH. THE SARDA: ONE
REMEDY. ELEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CYBIUM. CHAP. 18.—THE SEA-FROG: SIX REMEDIES. THE RIVER-FROG:
FIFTY-TWO REMEDIES. THE BRAMBLE-FROG: ONE REMEDY.
THIRTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS ON THESE ANIMALS. CHAP. 19.—THE ENHYDRIS: SIX REMEDIES. THE RIVER-CRAB:
FOURTEEN REMEDIES. THE SEA-CRAB: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE
RIVER-SNAIL: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE CORACINUS: FOUR REMEDIES.
THE SEA-PIG: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 20.—THE SEA-CALF: TEN REMEDIES. THE MURÆNA: ONE
REMEDY. THE HIPPOCAMPUS: NINE REMEDIES. THE SEA-URCHIN:
ELEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 21. (6.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF OYSTERS: FIFTY-EIGHT
REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS. PURPLES: NINE REMEDIES. CHAP. 22.—SEA-WEED: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 23. (7.)—REMEDIES FOR ALOPECY, CHANGE OF COLOUR
IN THE HAIR, AND ULCERATIONS OF THE HEAD. THE SEA-MOUSE:
TWO REMEDIES, THE SEA-SCORPION: TWELVE REMEDIES.
THE LEECH: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE MUREX: THIRTEEN
REMEDIES. THE CONCHYLIUM: FIVE REMEDIES. CHAP. 24.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES AND EYELIDS.
TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FAT OF FISHES.
THE CALLIONYMUS: THREE REMEDIES. THE GALL OF THE
CORACINUS: ONE REMEDY. THE SÆPIA: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
ICHTHYOCOLLA: FIVE REMEDIES. CHAP. 25.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EARS. THE BATIA:
ONE REMEDY. THE BACCHUS OR MYXON: TWO REMEDIES.
THE SEA-LOUSE: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 26.—REMEDIES FOR TOOTH-ACHE. THE DOG-FISH: FOUR
REMEDIES. WHALE’S FLESH. CHAP. 27.—REMEDIES FOR LICHENS, AND FOR SPOTS UPON THE
FACE. THE DOLPHIN: NINE REMEDIES. COLUTHIA OR CORYPHIA:
THREE REMEDIES. HALCYONEUM: SEVEN REMEDIES.
THE TUNNY: FIVE REMEDIES. CHAP. 28.—REMEDIES FOR SCROFULA, IMPOSTHUMES OF THE PAROTID
GLANDS, QUINSY, AND DISEASES OF THE FAUCES. THE
MÆNA: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. THE SEA-SCOLOPENDRA: TWO
REMEDIES. THE SAURUS: ONE REMEDY. SHELL-FISH: ONE
REMEDY. THE SILURUS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 29.—REMEDIES FOR COUGH AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST. CHAP. 30. (9.)—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LIVER AND SIDE.
THE ELONGATED CONCH: SIX REMEDIES. THE TETHEA: FIVE
REMEDIES. CHAP. 31.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE BOWELS. SEA-WORT:
ONE REMEDY. THE MYAX: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES. THE MITULUS:
EIGHT REMEDIES. PELORIDES: ONE REMEDY. SERIPHUM:
TWO REMEDIES. THE ERYTHINUS: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 32.—-REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN, FOR URINARY
CALCULI, AND FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER. THE
SOLE: ONE REMEDY. THE TURBOT: ONE REMEDY. THE
BLENDIUS: ONE REMEDY. THE SEA-NETTLE: SEVEN REMEDIES.
THE PULMO MARINUS: SIX REMEDIES. ONYCHES: FOUR REMEDIES. CHAP. 33.—REMEDIES FOR INTESTINAL HERNIA, AND FOR DISEASES
OF THE RECTUM. THE WATER-SNAKE: ONE REMEDY.
THE HYDRUS: ONE REMEDY. THE MULLET: ONE REMEDY.
THE PELAMIS: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 34.—-REMEDIES FOR INFLAMED TUMOURS, AND FOR DISEASES
OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. THE SCIÆNA: ONE REMEDY.
THE PERCH: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SQUATINA: THREE REMEDIES.
THE SMARIS: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 35.—REMEDIES FOR INCONTINENCE OF URINE. THE
OPHIDION: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 36.—REMEDIES FOR GOUT, AND FOR PAINS IN THE FEET.
THE BEAVER: FOUR REMEDIES. BRYON: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY. CHAP. 38. (10.)—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS. THE FISH CALLED
ASELLUS: ONE REMEDY. THE PHAGRUS: ONE REMEDY. THE
BALÆNA: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 39.—REMEDIES FOR LETHARGY, CACHEXY, AND DROPSY. CHAP. 40.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS AND FOR ERYSIPELAS. CHAP. 41.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SINEWS. CHAP. 42.—METHODS OF ARRESTING HÆMORRHAGE AND OF LETTING
BLOOD. THE POLYP: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 43.—METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN BODIES FROM
THE FLESH. CHAP. 44.—REMEDIES FOR ULCERS, CARCINOMATA, AND CARBUNCLES. CHAP. 45.—REMEDIES FOR WARTS, AND FOR MALFORMED NAILS.
THE GLANIS: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 46.—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE DISEASES. THE GLAUCISCUS:
ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 47.—METHODS OF REMOVING SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.
DEPILATORIES. CHAP. 48.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS. CHAP. 49.—METHODS OF PREVENTING INTOXICATION. THE FISH
CALLED RUBELLIO: ONE REMEDY. THE EEL: ONE REMEDY. THE
GRAPE-FISH: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 50.—ANTAPHRODISIACS AND APHRODISIACS. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS:
ONE REMEDY. THE CROCODILE: ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS. CHAP. 52.—OTHER AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS. ADARCA OR CALAMOCHNOS:
THREE REMEDIES. REEDS: EIGHT REMEDIES. THE
INK OF THE SÆPIA. CHAP. 53. (11.)—THE NAMES OF ALL THE ANIMALS THAT EXIST
IN THE SEA, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX IN NUMBER. CHAP. 54.—ADDITIONAL NAMES OF FISHES FOUND IN THE POEM
OF OVID. BOOK XXXIII.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647 CHAP. 2.—GOLD. CHAP. 3.—WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION OF GOLD. CHAP. 4.—THE ORIGIN OF GOLD RINGS. CHAP. 5.—THE QUANTITY OF GOLD POSSESSED BY THE ANCIENTS. CHAP. 6.—THE RIGHT OF WEARING GOLD RINGS. CHAP. 7.—THE DECURIES OF THE JUDGES. CHAP. 8.—PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER. CHAP. 9.—HOW OFTEN THE NAME OF THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER
HAS BEEN CHANGED. CHAP. 10.—GIFTS FOR MILITARY SERVICES, IN GOLD AND SILVER. CHAP. 11.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE FIRST CROWN OF GOLD WAS
PRESENTED. CHAP. 12. (3.)—OTHER USES MADE OF GOLD, BY FEMALES. CHAP. 13.—COINS OF GOLD. AT WHAT PERIODS COPPER, GOLD,
AND SILVER WERE FIRST IMPRESSED. HOW COPPER WAS USED
BEFORE GOLD AND SILVER WERE COINED. WHAT WAS THE
LARGEST SUM OF MONEY POSSESSED BY ANY ONE AT THE TIME
OF OUR FIRST CENSUS. HOW OFTEN, AND AT WHAT PERIODS,THE VALUE OF COPPER AND OF COINED MONEY HAS BEEN
CHANGED. CHAP. 14.—CONSIDERATIONS ON MAN’S CUPIDITY FOR GOLD. CHAP. 15.—THE PERSONS WHO HAVE POSSESSED THE GREATEST
QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER. CHAP. 16.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER FIRST MADE ITS APPEARANCE
UPON THE ARENA AND UPON THE STAGE. CHAP. 17.—AT WHAT PERIODS THERE WAS THE GREATEST QUANTITY
OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE TREASURY OF THE ROMAN
PEOPLE. CHAP. 18.—AT WHAT PERIOD CEILINGS WERE FIRST GILDED. CHAP. 19.—FOR WHAT REASONS THE HIGHEST VALUE IS SET
UPON GOLD. CHAP. 20.—THE METHOD OF GILDING. CHAP. 21. (4.)—HOW GOLD IS FOUND. CHAP. 22.—ORPIMENT. CHAP. 23.—ELECTRUM. CHAP. 24.—THE FIRST STATUES OF GOLD. CHAP. 25.—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM GOLD. CHAP. 26. (5.)—CHRYSOCOLLA. CHAP. 27.—THE USE MADE OF CHRYSOCOLLA IN PAINTING. CHAP. 28.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CHRYSOCOLLA. CHAP. 29.—THE CHRYSOCOLLA OF THE GOLDSMITHS, KNOWN ALSO
AS SANTERNA. CHAP. 30.—THE MARVELLOUS OPERATIONS OF NATURE IN SOLDERING
METALLIC SUBSTANCES, AND BRINGING THEM TO A STATE OF
PERFECTION. CHAP. 31. (6.)—SILVER. CHAP. 32.—QUICKSILVER. CHAP. 33.—STIMMI, STIBI, ALABASTRUM, LARBASIS, OR PLATYOPHTHALMON. CHAP. 34.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED PROM STIMMI. CHAP. 35.—THE SCORIA OF SILVER. SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. CHAP. 36. (7.)—MINIUM: FOR WHAT RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IT
WAS USED BY THE ANCIENTS. CHAP. 37.—THE DISCOVERY AND ORIGIN OF MINIUM. CHAP. 38.—CINNABARIS. CHAP. 39.—THE EMPLOYMENT OF CINNABARIS IN PAINTING. CHAP. 40.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MINIUM. THE USE MADE OF
IT IN PAINTING. CHAP. 41. (8.)—HYDRARGYROS. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
MINIUM. CHAP. 42.—THE METHOD OF GILDING SILVER. CHAP. 43.—TOUCHSTONES FOR TESTING GOLD. CHAP. 44.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER, AND THE MODES
OF TESTING IT. CHAP. 45. (9.)—MIRRORS. CHAP. 46.—EGYPTIAN SILVER. CHAP. 47. (10.)—INSTANCES OF IMMENSE WEALTH. PERSONS
WHO HAVE POSSESSED THE GREATEST SUMS OF MONEY. CHAP. 48.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE ROMAN PEOPLE FIRST MADE
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. CHAP. 49. (11.)—INSTANCES OF LUXURY IN SILVER PLATE. CHAP. 50.—INSTANCES OF THE FRUGALITY OF THE ANCIENTS IN
REFERENCE TO SILVER PLATE. CHAP. 51.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER WAS FIRST USED AS AN
ORNAMENT FOR COUCHES. CHAP. 52.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER CHARGERS OF ENORMOUS
SIZE WERE FIRST MADE. WHEN SILVER WAS FIRST USED AS
A MATERIAL FOR SIDEBOARDS. WHEN THE SIDEBOARDS CALLED
TYMPANA WERE FIRST INTRODUCED. CHAP. 53.—THE ENORMOUS PRICE OF SILVER PLATE. CHAP. 54. (12.)—STATUES OF SILVER. CHAP. 55.—THE MOST REMARKABLE WORKS IN SILVER, AND THE
NAMES OF THE MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS IN SILVER. CHAP. 56.—SIL: THE PERSONS WHO FIRST USED IT IN PAINTING,
AND THE METHOD THEY ADOPTED. CHAP. 57. (13.)—CÆRULEUM. CHAP. 58.—TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CÆRULEUM. BOOK XXXIV.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS. CHAP. 2.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COPPER. CHAP. 3.—THE CORINTHIAN BRASS. CHAP. 4.—THE DELIAN BRASS. CHAP. 5.—THE ÆGINETAN BRASS. CHAP. 6. (3.)—STANDS FOR LAMPS. CHAP. 7.—ORNAMENTS OF THE TEMPLES MADE OF BRASS. CHAP. 8.—COUCHES OF BRASS. CHAP. 9. (4.)—WHICH WAS THE FIRST STATUE OF A GOD MADE OF
BRASS AT ROME. THE ORIGIN OF STATUES, AND THE RESPECT
PAID TO THEM. CHAP. 10. (5.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS AND FORMS OF STATUES.
STATUES AT ROME WITH CUIRASSES. CHAP. 11.—IN HONOUR OF WHOM PUBLIC STATUES WERE FIRST
ERECTED: IN HONOUR OF WHOM THEY WERE FIRST PLACED ON
PILLARS: WHEN THE ROSTRA WERE FIRST ERECTED. CHAP. 12.—IN HONOUR OF WHAT FOREIGNERS PUBLIC STATUES
WERE ERECTED AT ROME. CHAP. 13.—THE FIRST EQUESTRIAN STATUES PUBLICLY ERECTED
AT ROME, AND IN HONOUR OF WHAT FEMALES STATUES WERE
PUBLICLY ERECTED THERE. CHAP. 14.—AT WHAT PERIOD ALL THE STATUES ERECTED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WERE REMOVED FROM THE
PUBLIC PLACES. CHAP. 15.—THE FIRST STATUES PUBLICLY ERECTED BY
FOREIGNERS. CHAP. 16. (7.)—THAT THERE WERE STATUARIES IN ITALY ALSO
AT AN EARLY PERIOD. CHAP. 17.—THE IMMODERATE PRICES OF STATUES. CHAP. 18.—THE MOST CELEBRATED COLOSSAL STATUES IN THE
CITY. CHAP. 19.—AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS IN
BRASS, AND OF THE ARTISTS, 366 IN NUMBER. CHAP. 20.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COPPER AND ITS COMBINATIONS.
PYROPUS. CAMPANIAN COPPER. CHAP. 21.—THE METHOD OF PRESERVING COPPER. CHAP. 22. (10.)—CADMIA. CHAP. 23.—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CADMIA. TEN
MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF CALCINED COPPER. CHAP. 24. (11.)—THE SCORIA OF COPPER. CHAP. 25.—STOMOMA OF COPPER; FORTY-SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 26.—VERDIGRIS; EIGHTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 27.—HIERACIUM. CHAP. 28. (12.)—SCOLEX OF COPPER; EIGHTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 29.—CHALCITIS: SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 30.—SORY: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 31.—MISY: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 32.—CHALCANTHUM, OR SHOEMAKERS’ BLACK: SIXTEEN
REMEDIES. CHAP. 33. (13.)—POMPHOLYX. CHAP. 34.—SPODOS: FIVE REMEDIES. CHAP. 35.—FIFTEEN VARIETIES OF ANTISPODOS. CHAP. 36.—SMEGMA. CHAP. 37.—DIPHRYX. CHAP. 38.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE SERVILIAN TRIENS. CHAP. 39 (14).—IRON ORES. CHAP. 40.—STATUES OF IRON; CHASED WORKS IN IRON. CHAP. 41.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF IRON, AND THE MODE OF
TEMPERING IT. CHAP. 42.—THE METAL CALLED LIVE IRON. CHAP. 43. (15.)—METHODS OE PREVENTING RUST. CHAP. 44.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IRON. CHAP. 45.—FOURTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM RUST. CHAP. 46.—SEVENTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SCALES
OF IRON. HYGREMPLASTRUM. CHAP. 47. (16.)—THE ORES OF LEAD. CHAP. 48. (17.)—STANNUM. ARGENTARIUM. CHAP. 49.—BLACK LEAD. CHAP. 50. (18.)—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LEAD. CHAP. 51.—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SCORIA
OF LEAD. CHAP. 52.—SPODIUM OF LEAD. CHAP. 53.—MOLYBDÆNA: FIFTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 54.—PSIMITHIUM, OR CERUSE; SIX REMEDIES. CHAP. 55.—SANDARACH; ELEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 56.—ARRHENICUM. BOOK XXXV.AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS. CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE HONOUR ATTACHED TO PORTRAITS. CHAP. 3. (3.)—WHEN SHIELDS WERE FIRST INVENTED WITH
PORTRAITS UPON THEM; AND WHEN THEY WERE FIRST ERECTED
IN PUBLIC. CHAP. 4.—WHEN THESE SHIELDS WERE FIRST PLACED IN
PRIVATE HOUSES. CHAP. 5.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ART OF PAINTING. MONOCHROME
PAINTINGS. THE EARLIEST PAINTERS. CHAP. 6.—THE ANTIQUITY OF PAINTING IN ITALY. CHAP. 7. (4.)—ROMAN PAINTERS. CHAP. 8.—AT WHAT PERIOD FOREIGN PAINTINGS WERE FIRST
INTRODUCED AT ROME. CHAP. 9.—AT WHAT PERIOD PAINTING WAS FIRST HELD IN HIGH
ESTEEM AT ROME, AND FROM WHAT CAUSES. CHAP. 10.—WHAT PICTURES THE EMPERORS HAVE EXHIBITED
IN PUBLIC. CHAP. 11. (5.)—THE ART OF PAINTING. CHAP. 12. (6.)—PIGMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE OF A METALLIC
ORIGIN. ARTIFICIAL COLOURS. CHAP. 13.—SINOPIS: ELEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 14.—RUBRICA; LEMNIAN EARTH: FOUR REMEDIES. CHAP. 15.—EGYPTIAN EARTH. CHAP. 16.—OCHRA: REMEDIES DERIVED FROM RUBRICA. CHAP. 17.—LEUCOPHORON. CHAP. 18.—PARÆTONIUM. CHAP. 19.—MELINUM: SIX REMEDIES. CERUSE. CHAP. 20.—USTA. CHAP. 21.—ERETRIA. CHAP. 22.—SANDARACH. CHAP. 23.—SANDYX. CHAP. 24.—SYRICUM. CHAP. 25.—ATRAMENTUM. CHAP. 26.—PURPURISSUM. CHAP. 27.—INDICUM. CHAP. 28.—ARMENIUM; ONE REMEDY. CHAP. 29.—APPIANUM. CHAP. 30.—ANULARIAN WHITE. CHAP. 31. (7.)—WHICH COLOURS DO NOT ADMIT OF BEING
LAID ON A WET COATING. CHAP. 32.—WHAT COLOURS WERE USED BY THE ANCIENTS IN
PAINTING. CHAP. 33.—AT WHAT TIME COMBATS OF GLADIATORS WERE FIRST
PAINTED AND PUBLICLY EXHIBITED. CHAP. 34. (8.)—THE AGE OF PAINTING; WITH THE NAMES OF
THE MORE CELEBRATED WORKS AND ARTISTS, FOUR HUNDRED
AND FIVE IN NUMBER. CHAP. 35. (9.)—THE FIRST CONTEST FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE
PICTORIAL ART. CHAP. 36.—ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WITH THE PENCIL. CHAP. 37.—VARIOUS OTHER KINDS OF PAINTING. CHAP. 38. (11.)—AN EFFECTUAL WAY OF PUTTING A STOP TO THE
SINGING OF BIRDS. CHAP. 39.—ARTISTS WHO HAVE PAINTED IN ENCAUSTICS OR WAX,
WITH EITHER THE CESTRUM OR THE PENCIL. CHAP. 40.—THE FIRST INVENTORS OF VARIOUS KINDS OF
PAINTING. THE GREATEST DIFFICULTIES IN THE ART OF
PAINTING. THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF PAINTING. THE FIRSTARTIST THAT PAINTED CEILINGS. WHEN ARCHED ROOFS WERE
FIRST PAINTED. THE MARVELLOUS PRICE OF SOME PICTURES. CHAP. 41.—ENCAUSTIC PAINTING. CHAP. 42.—THE COLOURING OF TISSUES. CHAP. 43. (12.)—THE INVENTORS OF THE ART OF MODELLING. CHAP. 44.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO MOULD FIGURES IN IMITATION
OF THE FEATURES OF LIVING PERSONS, OR OF STATUES. CHAP. 45.—THE MOST FAMOUS MODELLERS. CHAP. 46.—WORKS IN POTTERY. CHAP. 47. (13.)—VARIOUS KINDS OF EARTH, THE PUTEOLAN DUST,
AND OTHER EARTHS OF WHICH CEMENTS LIKE STONE ARE MADE. CHAP. 48. (14.)—FORMACEAN WALLS. CHAP. 49.—WALLS OF BRICK. THE METHOD OF MAKING BRICKS. CHAP. 50. (15.)—SULPHUR, AND THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT:
FOURTEEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 51.—BITUMEN, AND THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT;
TWENTY-SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 52.—ALUMEN, AND THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT;
THIRTY-EIGHT REMEDIES. CHAP. 53. (16.)—SAMIAN EARTH: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 54.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF ERETRIA. CHAP. 55.—THE METHOD OF WASHING EARTHS FOR MEDICINAL
PURPOSES. CHAP. 56.—CHIAN EARTH; THREE REMEDIES. SELINUSIAN EARTH;
THREE REMEDIES. PNIGITIS; NINE REMEDIES. AMPELITIS; FOUR
REMEDIES. CHAP. 57. (17.)—CRETACEOUS EARTHS USER FOR SCOURING CLOTH.
CIMOLIAN EARTH; NINE REMEDIES. SARDINIAN EARTH. UMBRIAN
EARTH. SAXUM. CHAP. 58.—ARGENTARIA. NAMES OF FREEDMEN WHO HAVE
EITHER RISEN TO POWER THEMSELVES, OR HAVE BELONGED TO
MEN OF INFLUENCE. CHAP. 59. (19.)—THE EARTH OF GALATA; OF CLYPEA; OF THE
BALEARES; AND OF EBUSUS. BOOK XXXVI.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES. CHAP. 2.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO EMPLOY MARBLE IN PUBLIC
BUILDINGS. CHAP. 3. (3.)—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO ERECT COLUMNS OF
FOREIGN MARBLE AT ROME. CHAP. 4. (4.)—THE FIRST ARTISTS WHO EXCELLED IN THE SCULPTURE
OF MARBLE, AND THE VARIOUS PERIODS AT WHICH THEY
FLOURISHED. THE MAUSOLEUM IN CARIA. THE MOST CELEBRATED
SCULPTORS AND WORKS IN MARBLE, TWO HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FIVE IN NUMBER. CHAP. 5. (6.)—AT WHAT PERIOD MARBLE WAS FIRST USED IN
BUILDINGS. CHAP. 6.—WHO WERE THE FIRST TO CUT MARBLE INTO SLABS,
AND AT WHAT PERIOD. CHAP. 7.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO ENCRUST THE WALLS OF HOUSES
AT ROME WITH MARBLE. CHAP. 8.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MARBLE CAME
INTO USE AT ROME. CHAP. 9.—THE METHOD OF CUTTING MARBLE INTO SLABS. THE
SAND USED IN CUTTING MARBLE. CHAP. 10. (7.)—STONE OF NAXOS. STONE OF ARMENIA. CHAP. 11.—THE MARBLES OF ALEXANDRIA. CHAP. 12.—ONYX AND ALABASTRITES; SIX REMEDIES. CHAP. 13.—LYGDINUS; CORALLITIC STONE; STONE OF ALABANDA;
STONE OF THEBAIS; STONE OF SYENE. CHAP. 14.—OBELISKS. CHAP. 15. (10.)—THE OBELISK WHICH SERVES AS A DIAL IN THE
CAMPUS MARTIUS. CHAP. 16. (12.)—MARVELLOUS WORKS IN EGYPT. THE PYRAMIDS. CHAP. 17.—THE EGYPTIAN SPHINX. CHAP. 18.—THE PHAROS. CHAP. 19. (13.)—LABYRINTHS. CHAP. 20.—HANGING GARDENS. A HANGING CITY. CHAP. 21. (14.)—THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS. CHAP. 22. (15.)—MARVELS CONNECTED WITH OTHER TEMPLES. CHAP. 23.—THE FUGITIVE STONE. THE SEVEN-FOLD ECHO.
BUILDINGS ERECTED WITHOUT THE USE OF NAILS. CHAP. 24.—MARVELLOUS BUILDINGS AT ROME, EIGHTEEN IN NUMBER. CHAP. 25. (16.)—THE MAGNET: THREE REMEDIES CHAP. 26.—STONE OF SCYROS. CHAP. 27. (17.)—SARCOPHAGUS, OR STONE OF ASSOS: TEN
REMEDIES. CHAP. 28.—CHERNITES. CHAP. 29. (18.)—OSSEOUS STONES. PALM STONES. CORANI.
BLACK STONES. CHAP. 30.—MOLAR STONES. PYRITES; SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 31.—OSTRACITES; FOUR REMEDIES. AMIANTHUS; TWO
REMEDIES. CHAP. 32.—GEODES; THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 33.—MELITINUS; SIX REMEDIES. CHAP. 34.—GAGATES: SIX REMEDIES. CHAP. 35.—SPONGITES: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 36.—PHRYGIAN STONE. CHAP. 37. (20.)—HÆMATITES: FIVE REMEDIES. SCHISTOS:
SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. 38.—ÆTHIOPIC HÆMATITES. ANDRODAMAS; TWO REMEDIES.
ARABIAN HÆMATITES. MILTITES OR HEPATITES. ANTHRACITES. CHAP. 39. (21)—AËTITES. TAPHIUSIAN STONE. CALLIMUS. CHAP. 40.—SAMIAN STONE: EIGHT REMEDIES. CHAP. 41.—ARABIAN STONE; SIX REMEDIES. CHAP. 42.—PUMICE; NINE REMEDIES. CHAP. 43. (22.)—STONES FOR MORTARS USED FOR MEDICINAL AND
OTHER PURPOSES. ETESIAN STONE. THEBAIC STONE. CHALAZIAN
STONE. CHAP. 44.—STONE OF SIPHNOS. SOFT STONES. CHAP. 45.—SPECULAR STONES. CHAP. 46.—PHENGITES. CHAP. 47.—WHETSTONES. CHAP. 48.—TOPHUS. CHAP. 49.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SILEX. CHAP. 50.—OTHER STONES USED FOR BUILDING. CHAP. 51.—THE VARIOUS METHODS OF BUILDING. CHAP. 52. (23.)—CISTERNS. CHAP. 53.—QUICK-LIME. CHAP. 54.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SAND. THE COMBINATIONS
OF SAND WITH LIME. CHAP. 55.—DEFECTS IN BUILDING. PLASTERS FOR WALLS. CHAP. 56.—COLUMNS. THE SEVERAL KINDS OF COLUMNS. CHAP. 57. (24.)—FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIME. CHAP. 58.—MALTHA. CHAP. 59.—GYPSUM. CHAP. 60. (25.)—PAVEMENTS. THE ASAROTOS ŒCOS. CHAP. 61.—THE FIRST PAVEMENTS IN USE AT ROME. CHAP. 62.—TERRACE-ROOF PAVEMENTS. CHAP. 63.—GRÆCANIC PAVEMENTS. CHAP. 64.—AT WHAT PERIOD MOSAIC PAVEMENTS WERE FIRST
INVENTED. AT WHAT PERIOD ARCHED ROOFS WERE FIRST
DECORATED WITH GLASS. CHAP. 65. (26.)—THE ORIGIN OF GLASS. CHAP. 66.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GLASS, AND THE MODE OF
MAKING IT. CHAP. 67.—OBSIAN GLASS AND OBSIAN STONE. CHAP. 68. (27.)—MARVELLOUS FACTS CONNECTED WITH FIRE. CHAP. 69.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM FIRE AND FROM
ASHES. CHAP. 70.—PRODIGIES CONNECTED WITH THE HEARTH. BOOK XXXVII.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES. CHAP. 2.—THE JEWEL OF POLYCRATES. CHAP. 3.—THE JEWEL OF PYRRHUS. CHAP. 4.—WHO WERE THE MOST SKILFUL LAPIDARIES. THE
FINEST SPECIMENS OF ENGRAVING ON PRECIOUS STONES. CHAP. 5.—THE FIRST DACTYLIOTHECÆ AT ROME. CHAP. 6.—JEWELS DISPLAYED AT ROME IN THE TRIUMPH OF
POMPEIUS MAGNUS. CHAP. 7.—AT WHAT PERIOD MURRHINE VESSELS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED
AT ROME. INSTANCES OF LUXURY IN REFERENCE TO
THEM. CHAP. 8.—THE NATURE OF MURRHINE VESSELS. CHAP. 9—THE NATURE OF CRYSTAL. CHAP. 10.—LUXURY DISPLAYED IN THE USE OF CRYSTAL. REMEDIES
DERIVED FROM CRYSTAL. CHAP. 11.—AMBER: THE MANY FALSEHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN
TOLD ABOUT IT. CHAP. 12.—THE SEVERAL KINDS OF AMBER: THE REMEDIES
DERIVED FROM IT. CHAP. 13.—LYNCURUIM: TWO ASSERTED REMEDIES. CHAP. 14.—THE VARIOUS PRECIOUS STONES, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING
TO THEIR PRINCIPAL COLOURS. CHAP. 15. (4.)—ADAMAS: SIX VARIETIES OF IT. TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 16.—-SMARAGDUS. CHAP. 17.—TWELVE VARIETIES OF THE SMARAGDUS. CHAP. 18.—DEFECTS IN THE SMARAGDUS. CHAP. 19.—THE PRECIOUS STONE CALLED TANOS. CHALCOSMARAGDOS. CHAP. 20.—BERYLS: EIGHT VARIETIES OF THEM. DEFECTS IN
BERYLS. CHAP. 21. (6.)—OPALS: SEVEN VARIETIES OF THEM. CHAP. 22.—DEFECTS IN OPALS: THE MODES OF TESTING THEM. CHAP. 23.—SARDONYX; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT. DEFECTS
IN THE SARDONYX. CHAP. 24.—ONYX: THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 25. (7.)—CARBUNCULUS: TWELVE VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 26.—DEFECTS IN CARBUNCULUS, AND THE MODE OF
TESTING IT. CHAP. 27.—AHTHRACITIS.3093 CHAP. 28.—SANDASTROS. SANDARESOS. CHAP. 29.—LYCHNIS: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 30.—CARCHEDONIA. CHAP. 31.—SARDA: FIVE VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 32. (8.)—TOPAZOS: TWO VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 33.—CALLAINA. CHAP. 34.—PRASIUS; THREE VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 35.—NILION. CHAP. 36.—MOLOCHITIS. CHAP. 37.—IASPIS; FOURTEEN VARIETIES OF IT. DEFECTS FOUND
IN IASPIS. CHAP. 38.—CYANOS; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 39.—SAPPHIROS. CHAP. 40.—AMETHYSTOS; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. SOCONDION.
SAPENOS. PHARANITIS. APHRODITES BLEPHARON, ANTEROS, OR
PÆDEROS. CHAP. 41.—HYACINTHOS. CHAP. 42.—CHRYSOLITHOS: SEVEN VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 43.—CHRYSELECTRUM. CHAP. 44.—LEUCOCHRYSOS: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 45.—MELICHRYSOS. XUTHON. CHAP. 46.—PÆDEROS, SANGENON, OR TENITES. CHAP. 47.—ASTERIA. CHAP. 48.—ASTRION. CHAP. 49.—ASTRIOTES. CHAP. 50.—ASTROBOLOS. CHAP. 51.—CERAUNIA; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 52.—IRIS; TWO VARIETIES OF IT. CHAP. 53.—LEROS. CHAP. 54.—ACHATES; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT. ACOPOS;
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. ALABASTRITIS; THE REMEDIES
DERIVED FROM IT. ALECTORIA. ANDRODAMAS. ARGYRODAMAS.
ANTIPATHES. ARABICA. AROMATITIS. ASBESTOS.
ASPISATIS. ATIZÖE. AUGETIS. AMPHIDANES OR CHRYSOCOLLA.
APHRODISIACA. APSYCTOS. ÆGYPTILLA. CHAP. 55.—BALANITES. BATRACHITIS. BAPTES. BELI OCULUS.
BELUS. BAROPTENUS OR BARIPPE. BOTRYITIS. BOSTRYCHITIS.
BUCARDIA. BRONTEA. BOLOS. CHAP. 56.—CADMITIS. CALLAIS. CAPNITIS. CAPPADOCIA. CALLAICA.
CATOCHITIS. CATOPTRITIS. CEPITIS OR CEPOLATITIS.
CERAMITIS. CINÆDIA. CERITIS. CIRCOS. CORSOÏDES. CORALLOACHATES.
CORALLIS. CRATERITIS. CROCALLIS. CYITIS.
CHALCOPHONOS. CHELIDONIA. CHELONIA. CHELONITIS. CHLORITIS.
CHOASPITIS. CHRYSOLAMPIS. CHRYSOPIS. CEPONIDES. CHAP. 57.—DAPHNEA. DIADOCHOS. DIPHYES. DIONYSIAS.
DRACONITIS. CHAP. 58.—ENCARDIA OR ARISTE. ENORCHIS. EXEBENUS. ERYTHALLIS.
EROTYLOS. AMPHICOMOS, OR HIEROMNEMON. EUMECES.
EUMITHRES. EUPETALOS. EUREOS. EUROTIAS. EUSEBES. EPIMELAS. CHAP. 59.—GALAXIAS. GALACTITIS, LEUCOGÆA, LEUCOGRAPHITIS,
OR SYNNEPHITIS. GALLAICA. GASSINADE. GLOSSOPETRA. GORGONIA.
GONIÆA. CHAP. 60.—HELIOTROPIUM. HEPHÆSTITIS. HERMUAIDOION. HEXECONTALITHOS.
HIERACITIS. HAMMITIS. HAMMONIS CORNU.
HORMISCION. HYÆNIA. HÆMATITIS. CHAP. 61.—IDÆI DACTYLI. ICTERIAS. JOVIS GEMMA. INDICA.
ION. CHAP. 62.—LEPIDOTIS. LESBIAS. LEUCOPHTHALMOS. LEUCOPŒCILOS.
LIBANOCHRUS. LIMONIATIS. LIPAREA. LYSIMACHOS.
LEUCOCHRYSOS. CHAP. 63.—MEMNONIA. MEDIA. MECONITIS. MITHRAX. MOROCHTHOS.
MORMORION OR PROMNION. MURRHITIS. MYRMECIAS.
MYRSINITIS. MESOLEUCOS. MESOMELAS. CHAP. 64.—NASAMONITIS. NEBRITIS. NIPPARENE. CHAP. 65.—OICA. OMBRIA OR NOTIA. ONOCARDIA. ORITIS OR
SIDERITIS. OSTRACIAS. OSTRITIS. OPHICARDELON. OBSIAN
STONE. CHAP. 66.—PANCHRUS. PANGONUS. PANEROS OR PANERASTOS.
PONTICA; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. PHLOGINOS OR CHRYSITIS.
PHŒNICITIS. PHYCITIS. PERILEUCOS. PÆNITIS OR GÆANIS. CHAP. 67.—SOLIS GEMMA. SAGDA. SAMOTHRACIA. SAURITIS.
SARCITIS. SELENITIS. SIDERITIS. SIDEROPŒCILOS. SPONGITIS.
SYNODONTITIS. SYRTITIS. SYRINGITIS. CHAP. 68.—TRICHRUS. THELYRRHIZOS. THELYCARDIOS OR
MULC. THRACIA; THREE VARIETIES OF IT. TEPHRITIS. TECOLITHOS. CHAP. 69.—VENERIS CRINES. VEIENTANA. CHAP. 70.—ZATHENE. ZMILAMPIS. ZORANISCÆA. CHAP. 71. (11.)—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES
FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY. HEPATITIS. STEATITIS.
ADADUNEPHROS. ADADUOPHTHALMOS. ADADUDACTYLOS.
TRIOPHTHALMOS. CHAP. 72.—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES FROM
ANIMALS. CARCINIAS. ECHITIS. SCORPITIS. SCARITIS. TRIGLITIS.
ÆGOPHTHALMOS. HYOPHTHALMOS. GERANITIS. HIERACITIS.
AETITIS. MYRMECITIS. CANTHARIAS. LYCOPHTHALMOS.
TAOS. TIMICTONIA. CHAP. 73.—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES PROM
OTHER OBJECTS. HAMMOCHRYSOS. CENCHRITIS. DRYITIS. CISSITIS.
NARCISSITIS. CYAMIAS. PYREN. PHŒNICITIS. CHALAZIAS.
PYRITIS. POLYZONOS. ASTRAPÆA. PHLOGITIS. ANTHRACITIS.
ENHYGROS. POLYTHRIX. LEONTIOS. PARDALIOS.
DROSOLITHOS. MELICHRUS. MELICHLOROS. CROCIAS. POLIAS.
SPARTOPOLIAS. RHODITIS. CHALCITIS. SYCITIS. BOSTRYCHITIS.
CHERNITIS. ANANCITIS. SYNOCHITIS. DENDRITIS. CHAP. 74. (12.)—PRECIOUS STONES THAT SUDDENLY MAKE THEIR
APPEARANCE. COCHLIDES. CHAP. 75.—THE VARIOUS FORMS OF PRECIOUS STONES. CHAP. 76. (13.)—THE METHODS OF TESTING PRECIOUS STONES. CHAP. 77.—A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF NATURE AS SHE APPEARS IN
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THE COMPARATIVE VALUES OF THINGS. FOOTNOTES: Chapter 379 Chapter 380 Chapter 381 Chapter 382 Chapter 383 Chapter 384 Chapter 385 Chapter 386 Chapter 387 Chapter 388 Chapter 389 Chapter 390 Chapter 391 Chapter 392 Chapter 393 Chapter 394 Chapter 395 Chapter 396 Chapter 397 Chapter 398 Chapter 399 Chapter 400 Chapter 401 Chapter 402 Chapter 403 Chapter 404 INDEXTO THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT AND NOTES.⁂The Roman numerals refer to the volume, the Arabic to the Page. ERRATA. Chapter 407 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE Chapter 409
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