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INDEX TO PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES. 



Cleopatra. 



As an alchemist 



Collins, A. L 



Columbus, Christopher 

 Columella, Moderatus 



comerius 



Comnientariori<m...Libyi 

 Conrad (Graf Cuntz von GUick) 



CoRDUBA, Don Juan De 



Cortes, Hernando , 



Cramer, John 



Crassus, Marcus. 



Love of gold 



Crates, the Theban. 



Money despised by 



Croesus, King of Lypia. 



Mines owned by 



CTESI^s. 



Divining rod 



Ctesibius. 



Machines 



Curio, Claudius. 



Love of gold 



CuRius, Marcus. 



Gold of Samnites 



PAGE 



XXVII; XXIX 



119 



V 



XXVI 



XXIX 



604 



23; 24 



300 



XXV; 

 XXVII; 



Dana, J. D. 



Alu 



Copiapite 



Emery 



Lemnian earth 



Minerals of Agricola 



Zinc vitriol 



Danae. 



Jove and 



D'Arcet, J. 



Parting with sulphuric acid 



Day, St. John V. 



Ancient steel making 



Dc Animantibus Subierraneis 



Editions 



Gnomes 



De Bella adversus Tutcam 



De Inventione Dialeciica 



D& Jure et Legibus Melallicis 



De Medicatis Fontibus 



De Mensuris et Ponderibits 



Editions 



Weights and measures 



De Metallic et Machinis 



Democritus (alchemist)... XXVII ; 



Demosthenes. 



Mt. Laurion mines 



De Naiura eorum quae E/jfuunt ex 

 Terra 



Dedication 



Editions 



De Natxwa Fossiliunt... 594 ; 600 ; 



Alum 



Amber 



Antimony 



Argol 



Arsenical minerals 



Asbestos 



Bismuth 



Bitumen 



Borax 



Brass making 



Cadmia 



Caldarium copper 



Camphor 



Chrysocolla 



Coal 



Cobalt 



Copper flowers 



Copper scales 



Crinoid stems 



Emery 



Fluorspar 



Goslar ores 



Goslar smelting 



Iron ores 



Iron smelting 



Jet 



Lapis ludaicus 



236 



26; 27 



9; 15 



108 

 566 



574 



H5 



31 



694 

 572 



462 



423 

 597 : VII 



600 

 217; 217 



605 



606 



100; 604 



605 



697 



599 



234; 78 



604 



XXVIII 



27; 83 



598; 32 

 VIII 



600 



III; XII 

 565 

 35 

 429 

 234 

 111 

 440 

 110 

 581 

 560 

 410 

 113 

 oil 

 238 

 584 

 35 

 112 



539 ; 233 

 233 

 115 

 115 

 380 

 273 

 408 



Lead minerals 



Mannsfeld ores 



A'etanteria 



Mineral Kingdom 



A'lisy 



Molybdaena 



Native metals 



Petroleum 



Pompholyx 114 



Pyrites 



Quicksilver 



Rudis minerals 



Sal-ammoniac 



Silver glance 



Sory 



Spodos 



Stannmn 



nelt 



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273 

 573 

 1 

 673 

 476 

 108 

 581 

 ; 278 

 112 

 110 

 108 

 560 

 109 

 573 

 114 

 473 

 380 

 678 

 233 



Stones which easil 



Sulphur 



Tophus 



Touchstone 



White schist 



Zinc 



De Ortu et Causis Subte] 



... 594 ; 600 ; III ; VII ; XII ; XIII 



Earths 48 



Gangue minerals 48 



Gold in alluvial 78 



Ground waters 48 



Juices 52 



Metals 61 



Soiitlified juices 49 



Stones 49 



Touchstone 263 



Veins 47 



Defensio ad J. 



De Orlu Metallom; 



Scheckium 604 



De Peste 605; VIII 



Dt Precio Metallorum et Monetis . ... 597 ; 600 



Mention by Agricola 252; 264 



De Ptdvedine solidas paries, etc 605 



De Re Metal'.ica I ; XIII ; XIV— XVI 



Editions 600; XIV 



Title page XIX 



De Soto, Fernandes V 



De Terrae Motu 604 



De Varia temperie sive ConstitiUione 



Aeris 604 



De Veieribus ci Novis Metallis 



597; 600; VII; XXVI; 5 



Agricola's training VI 



Conrad 24 



Discovery of mines 36; 5; 37 



Gottsgaab mine 74 



Devoz (DE Voz), Cornelius 570; 283 



DlODORUS SiCULUS 607 



Alum 566 



Bitumen 582 



Cupellation 465 



Drainage of Spanish mines 149 



Egyptian gold mining 279 



Fire-setting 118 



Lead 391 



Silver from forest fires 36 



Tin 412 



Diogenes Laertius 7; 9; 10 



DioscopiDEs 607; 608 



Alum 666 



Antimony 428 



Argol 234 



Arsenic minerals Ill 



Asbestos 440 



Bitumen 584 



Brass making 410 



Burned lead 237 



Cadmia 112 



Chalcitis 673 



Copper flowers 233; 638 



Copper smelting 403 



Cupellation 465 



Distillation apparatus 355 



Dust-chambers 356; 394 



Emery 116 



Lead' 392 



