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[176] Science, vol. iv, No. 82, pp. 172, 173, with cut of the ring;
vol. iv, No. 85, pp. 270, 271, communication by Edward S. Morse on
the subject; vol. vi, No. 126, July 3, 1885, reply of George F. Kunz,
citing letter of Lieut. G. C. Foulke, U.S.N., of U. S. Legation at
Seoul, Corea.
[177] Communicated by Stewart Culin, Brooklyn Institute.
[178] Heinrich Fischer, “Nephrit und Jadeit,” Stuttgart, 1880, pp. 39,
334, fig. 52 on page 39.
[179] George H. Pepper, “The Exploration of a Burial Room in Pueblo
Bonito, New Mexico,” Putnam Anniversary Volume, New York, 1909, p. 244,
fig. 7.
[180] F. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan
and Roman, in the ... British Museum,” London, 1907, p. xxxii.
[181] A natural or artificial mixture of gold and silver found native
at Vorospotak, Transylvania, and elsewhere, mentioned by Herodotus. The
electros, ἧλεκτρος, of Homer and Strabo; Pliny, xxxiii, 23; although
this word was most frequently used to designate amber. Varying in
specific gravity from 15.5 to 12.5. The ratio of gold to silver is 1:1.
Specific gravity of gold, 19.33; silver, pure, 10.5; correspond to
35.3 per cent. of silver, gold 64.7 per cent. Pliny states that when
the proportion of silver to gold is 1:4 (20 per cent.), it is called
electra.
[182] Corpus Inscriptionum Atticarum, ii (5), 767 b, 1, 19.
[183] J. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan
and Roman, in the ... British Museum,” London, 1907, p. xxxi.
[184] “Heliodorou Aithiopikôn, biblia deka,” Parisiois, 1804, pt. i,
pp. 190–192.
[185] C. W. King, “The Natural History of Precious Stones and Gems,”
London, 1865, p. 64.
[186] F. H. Marshall, “Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan,
and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum,” London,
1907, pp. xxxv, xxxvi.
[187] “Cimeliotheca Musei Nationalis Hungarici sive catalogus
historico-criticus antiquitatum raritatum et pretiosorum eius
instituti,” Budæ, 1825, p. 136.
[188] Francis Cohen, “St. Martin’s rings,” Archæologia, vol. xviii, pt.
i, London, 1815, pp. 55, 56.
[189] Communicated by Prof. A. V. Williams Jackson, of Columbia
University, who cites G. B. Browne’s “Literary History of Persia”
(London and New York, 1906), vol. ii, p. 123, note 3, and Louisa Stuart
Costello, “Rose Garden of Persia,” London, 1887, p. 33.
[190] British Museum, Fourth Egyptian Room, No. 201 (Table Case J).
[191] British Museum, Fourth Egyptian Room, No. 202.
[192] British Museum, Fourth Egyptian Room, No. 204.
[193] British Museum, Fourth Egyptian Room, No. 217.
[194] W. M. Flinders Petrie, “A History of Egypt During the XVII and
XVIII Dynasties,” London, 1904, pp. 9, 10.
[195] W. M. Flinders Petrie, “A History of Egypt from the Earliest
Times to the XVI Dynasty,” New York, 1895, p. 42.
[196] New York Historical Society, “Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities,”
New York, 1915, p. 63; No. 1046, figs. 1, 2 and 3.
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