BOOK I 



labyrinths ; hanging gardens, hanging town ; temple 

 of Diana at Ephesus ; remarkable facts as to other 

 temples ; runaway stone ; sevenfold echo ; buildings 

 constructed without clamps. (xxiv) Eighteen 

 remarkable works at Rome. (xxv-xxx) Magnetic 

 stone : 3 drugs therefrom ; Syros stone ; flesh- 

 eating or Assos stone, 10 drugs therefrom ; Chernites 

 marble ; tufa ; bone-stones, palm-branch stones, 

 Taenarus stones, Cora stones, black marbles; mill- 

 stones ; pyritis, 7 dinigs therefrom. (xxxi-xl) Oyster- 

 shell stone, 4 drugs therefrom ; asbestos, 2 drugs 

 therefrom ; earthstone, 3 drugs therefrom ; honey- 

 stone ; 6 drugs therefrom; jet, 6 drugs therefrom; 

 sponge-stone, 2 drugs therefrom ; Phrygian stone ; 

 bloodstone, 5 drugs therefrom ; schistose, 7 drugs 

 therefrom ; androdamas bloodstone, 3 drugs therefrom ; 

 Arabian stone ; minium bloodstone or Uverstone, 

 anthracite ; eagle-stone, Taphiusian stone, callimus; 

 Samos stone, 8 drugs therefrom. (xH-1) Arab stone ; 

 6 drugs therefrom ; pumicestone, 9 drugs therefrom ; 

 medicinal and other mortars ; Etesius stone, hailstone 

 stone ; Siphnos stone ; soft stones ; muscovy-stone ; 

 selenite ; whetstones; tufas; flints, nature of; 

 other building stones. (li-hx) Kinds of building ; 

 cisterns ; lime ; kinds of sand ; mixtures of sand and 

 hme ; faults in building ; stuccos ; pillars ; kinds of 

 pillars ; 5 drugs from chalk ; hme-cement ; white 

 lime plaster. (Ix-lxx) Pavements : the Tesselated 

 Hall ; first pavement at Rome ; terrace pavements ; 

 pavements in the Greek mode ; date of first mosaic 

 pavement ; date of first glass ceihngs ; origin of 

 glass ; its kinds and mode of manufacture ; obsidian 

 panes ; remarkable uses of fire ; 3 drugs from fire 

 and ash ; marvels of the hearth. — ^Total : 89 drugs 



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