The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) — John Shaqi
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
5. The Æginetan brass _ib._
6. Stands for lamps 152
7. Ornaments of the temples made of brass 153
8. Couches of brass _ib._
9. Which was the first statue of a god made of brass at Rome.
The origin of statues, and the respect paid to them 154
10. The different kinds and forms of statues. Statues at Rome
with cuirasses 155
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 156
12. In honour of what foreigners public statues were erected at
Rome 159
13. The first equestrian statues publicly erected at Rome, and
in honour of what females statues were publicly erected
there 160
14. At what period all the statues erected by private
individuals were removed from the public places _ib._
15. The first statues publicly erected by foreigners 161
16. That there were statuaries in Italy also at an early
period 162
17. The immoderate prices of statues 163
18. The most celebrated colossal statues in the city 164
19. An account of the most celebrated works in brass, and of
the artists, 366 in number 168
20. The different kinds of copper and its combinations. Pyropus.
Campanian copper 189
21. The method of preserving copper 191
22. Cadmia _ib._
23. Fifteen remedies derived from cadmia. Ten medicinal effects
of calcined copper 193
24. The scoria of copper 194
25. Stomoma of copper: forty-seven remedies _ib._
26. Verdigris: Eighteen remedies 195
27. Hieracium 197
28. Scolex of copper: eighteen remedies _ib._
29. Chalcitis: seven remedies 198
30. Sory: three remedies 199
31. Misy: thirteen remedies _ib._
32. Chalcanthum, or shoemakers’ black: sixteen remedies 200
33. Pompholyx 202
34. Spodos: five remedies _ib._
35. Fifteen varieties of antispodos 203
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