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BOOK I.
BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK V.
AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VI. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES
WHO NOW EXIST, OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS.
BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES
BOOK XIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS.
BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES.
BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XVIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GRAIN.
BOOK XIX.
THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XXI.
AN ACCOUNT OF FLOWERS. AND THOSE USED FOR
CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXIII.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XXIV.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XXV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WILD PLANT
BOOK XXVI.
A CONTINUATION OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
PLANTS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PARTICULAR
DISEASES.
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
BOOK XXVIII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXX.
REMEDIES DERIEVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXXI.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTION
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
BOOK XXXIII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXIV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXV.
AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
BOOK XXXVI.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES.
BOOK XXXVII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.
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CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE ORES OF BRASS.
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. 3—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 OF 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.
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BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
1 This was probably lead ore in its primary state, when only separated from the stannum, and before it was subjected to fusion for the purpose of obtaining pure lead.—See Beckmann's Hist. Inv. Vol. II. p. 211. Bohn's Edition. Ajasson identifies it with litharge, or fused oxide of lead, known as gold and silver litharge, from its colour.
2 See B. xxxiii. c. 31, and Chapter 47 of this Book.—B.
3 In Cilicia: see B. v. c. 22. He is speaking, no doubt, of the "metallic," or artificial kind.
4 A kind of ointment. See B. xxiii. c. 81, and B. xxxiii. c. 35.
5 Our Litharge. See B. xxxiii. c. 35.
The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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