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Theophrastou tou Eresiou Peri tōn lithōn biblion = Theophrastus's History of stones. With an English version, and notes, including the modern history of the gems described by that author, and of many other of the native fossils. To which are added, two letters: I. On the colours of the sapphire and turquoise. II. Upon the effects of different menstruums on copper. Both tending to illustrate the doctrine of the gems being coloured by metalline particles
Theophrastus; Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775)
1774
Text in Greek and English, on facing pages; notes at foot. Two appendices: p. 267-318. The two letters, to Dr. James Parsons and Martin Folkes, signed by John Hill.
Theophrastou tou Eresiou Peri tōn lithōn biblion = Theophrastus's History of stones. With an English version, and critical and philosophical notes, including the modern history of the gems, &c, described by that author, and of many other of the native fossils
Theophrastus; Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775)
1746
Text and translation on opposite pages.