The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
14. Obelisks 331
15. The obelisk which serves as a dial in the Campus Martius 334
16. Marvellous works in Egypt. The pyramids 335
17. The Egyptian Sphinx 336
18. The Pharos 339
19. Labyrinths _ib._
20. Hanging gardens. A hanging city 343
21. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus _ib._
22. Marvels connected with other temples 344
23. The fugitive stone. The seven-fold echo. Buildings erected
without the use of nails _ib._
24. Marvellous buildings at Rome, eighteen in number 345
25. The magnet: three remedies 355
26. Stone of Scyros 357
27. Sarcophagus, or stone of Assos: ten remedies _ib._
28. Chernites _ib._
29. Osseous stones. Palm stones. Corani. Black stones 358
30. Molar stones. Pyrites: seven remedies 359
31. Ostrocites: four remedies. Amianthus: two remedies 360
32. Geodes: three remedies _ib._
33. Melitinus: six remedies _ib._
34. Gagates: six remedies 361
35. Spongites: two remedies 362
36. Phrygian stone _ib._
37. Hæmatites: five remedies. Schistos: seven remedies _ib._
38. Æthiopic hæmatites. Androdamas: two remedies. Arabian
hæmatites. Miltites or hepatites. Anthracites 363
39. Aëtites. Taphiusian stone. Callimus 364
40. Samian stone: eight remedies 365
41. Arabian stone: six remedies _ib._
42. Pumice: nine remedies 366
43. Stones for mortars used for medicinal and other purposes.
Etesian stone. Thebaic stone. Chalazian stone 367
44. Stone of Siphnos. Soft stones 368
45. Specular stones _ib._
46. Phengites 369
47. Whetstones 370
48. Tophus 371
49. The various kinds of silex _ib._
50. Other stones used for building 372
51. The various methods of building _ib._
52. Cisterns 373
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