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thon’s account of the descent or pedigree from the first man, 
Vulcan stands contemporary with Tubal Cain of the Scrip- 
tures, who was the “instructor of every artificer in brass 
and iron;” and this last name is of the same signification in 
the Celto-Phoenician, i.e. the celebrated lord smith, or me- 
tallurgist. 
The author concluded by observing, that such members 
of the Academy as were Freemasons must be struck by ana- 
logies which he could not more clearly explain. 
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