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.finish, and is hence called pa.-f «« ( ™^°PPe J It is also 



it is tootmgue (Tamil ««>«■ ^fT Ca— name pateng. 

 Unown to Signers m*e *■£*£&£ W *> * »■' 



Tt is mentioned as early as a.d. 2U5 



i whl the definition ^^^SSSS^ name «*** 

 This aUoy was adopted by the Persuutf un ^ 



(Arahic ^-'-IJrhlr: wtunXm^ris mortal.^ Vullers 

 into mirrors and arrowheads, a wo ts and 



cites a passage from the £**££ t f^m." QazwW speaks of 

 spnrns his friend pierces his heart with *ar ?«m y^ ^ 



very efficient lance-heads and harpoons o£ ,"^ pe „ and whic h 

 iJe further the term » which mean . ^g^ More . 

 accordingly represents - ende^ ^. .^^ 



over, there is Persian ^fZ" ^ . (German spiauter, speauter, 



"whitish in appearance. English spelter ( ^ 



spialter, Russian Spiauter), a designat on °^; 1S £ as „ metal 

 word.' DimaSql, who wrote about 1325, <*^™* t and 



from China, the ^ llow ^^^S'Corsof distortion," 

 white; the mirrors importe dft « m C ^ c ^ oduct , har d, and fragile; 

 are made from this aUoy ^s - artific p^ ^ ^ ^ 



^ a rS aC^Un^t of f alloy and that none is so suit- 

 able ***«%^*J™t.' , E££~ acuainted with 

 salt^^^ 



iRuska, ibid., p. 21. . s a misnomeri as the 



^^Z^^itT^&X^, P- ** •- •- relers to sine. 



'^^^/^^^^^.^^ 

 • Steingass, Persian Dictionary, p. 43°- Japanese term 



. It seems also that the Persian wort isthe sour e ^££"«J f * reign ^ 

 .aiari or *>*<iri, which denotes the white copper ot tne c_m 

 itrortmspr^uctisalsommcatedhythewntm^^. 



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