INDEX TO PERSONS

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Mosellanus, Petrus . VI

Moses.

Bitumen . 582

Lead . 391

Refining gold . 399

Rod of Horeb . 38 ; 40

Muller, Max.

Ancient iron. 421

Naevius.

Money . 20

Nash, W, G.

Rio Tinto mine . 149

Naumachius.

Gold and silver . 8

Neckam, Alexander

Compass . 57

Newcomen, Thomas . 149

Nicander.

On coal . 34

Nicias.

Sosias and slaves of . 25 ; 25

Niilzlich Bergbiichlin... 610 ; XXVI ; XXVII

Alluvial gold . 75

Bismuth . 110; 433

Compass . 57 ; 129

Ore-deposits . 44

Ore-shoots . 43

Veins . 43 ; 46; 73

Olympiodorus (alchemist)... XXVII; XXX

Oppel, van (see Van Oppel).

Orus Chrysorxchites (alchemist) ...

. XXVII; XXVIII

Osthanes (alchemist) . XXVII; XXIX

Otho the Great . 6

Otho, Prince. 6

Ovid.

Mining censured by . 7

Pandulfus Anglus. XXVI

Pantaenetus.

Demosthenes’ oration against. 27 ; 83

Pantheus, Augustinus (alchemist). XXVII

Paracelsus. XIV; XXX

Divining rod . 38

Zinc . 112; 409

Paris, Matthew (See Matthew Paris).

Pelagius (alchemist) . XXVII

Pennent, Thomas. 670

Percy, John.

Cementation. 454 ; 459

Cupellation . 465

Liquation. 491

Parting with antimony . 451 ; 452

Peregrinus, Petrus.

Compass . 57

Petrie, W. M. F.

Egyptian iron . 421

Mt. Sinai copper. 402

Pettus, Sir John . XVI ; 283

Phaenippus.

Demosthenes’ oration against. 27 ; 83

Phaeton’s sisters. 35

Pherecrates. XXVI

Philemon.

Riches . 7

Philip of Macedonia . 27

Philip. Peter. 282

Phillips, J. a.. 410

Philo.

Lost work on mining . XXVI

Phocion.

Bribe of Alexander. 9; 15

Phocylides.

Gold. 7

Photius . 279

Fire-setting. 118

Pindar.

Wealth . 19 ; 252

Pius II, Pope.

Alum maker. 570

AND AUTHORITIES. 635

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PlZARRO, F. V

Plateanus, Petrus. XIV

Plautus.

Gold. 10

Pliny (Caius Plinius Secundus) ... XXVI ; 608

Alluvial mining . 331 ; 333

Alum . 666

Amalgamation. 297

Amber . 35

Antimony . 428

Argol . 234

Arrhenicum . Ill

Asbestos . 440

Bitumen . 33; 583

Brass. 410

British miners. 83

Cadmia. 112

Cementation. 459

Chrysocolla. 560

Copper flowers and scales. 233 ; 538

Copper smelting . 404

Cupellation . 466

Drainage of Spanish mines . 149

Elecirum . 458

Fire-setting. 118

Galena. 476

Glass. 585; 586

Hannibal’s silver mine . 42 ; 42

Hoisting ore. 157; 157

Iron . 11

J ew-stone. 115

Lead . 392

Lemnian earth. 31

Litharge . 475; 466; 501

Lodestone. 116

Manganese (?) . 686

Metallurgical appliances. 355

Misy . 573

Molybdaena . 466; 476

Naphtha . 583

Nitrurn . 560

Ore-dressing . 281

Outcrops . 65

Pompholyx . 396

Protection from poison . 215

Quicksilver . 433

Red-lead . 232

Roasting . 267

Sal-ammoniac . 560

Salt from wood . 558

Silver-lead smelting . 392

Sory . 573

Spodos . 396

Stannum . 473

Tin, Spanish. 412

Tophus . 233

Touchstone. 256 ; 253

Turfs in sluices . 331 ; 332

Vena . 43

Ventilation with wet cloths. 210; 210

Verdigris . 440

Vitriol . 572

White-lead . 440

Plutarch. 25

Pluto . 216

Polybius.

Ore washing. 281

Silver-lead smelting . 392 ; 465

POLYMNESTOR, KING OF THRACE.

Love of gold . 9; 16

Portner, Hans . 281

Posepny, Franz. 53

Posidonius.

Asphalt and naphtha. 584

Drainage of Spanish mines . 149

Silver from forest fires . 36

Priam, King of Troy.

Gold mines of . 26 : 27

Probierbilchlein . 612; XXVI

Amalgamation. 297

Antimony. 430

Assaying . 220

Assay ton . 242

Bismuth . 433