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LEISURE HOURS AMONG THE GEMS
CRYSTAL OF SAPPHIRE
CEYLON
Exact size.
HAMLIN COLLECTION
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LEISURE HOURS AMONG THE GEMS
BY
AUGUSTUS C. HAMLIN
AUTHOR OF A TREATISE ON THE TOURMALINE FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE CHEVALIER OF ST. ANNE, ETC.
“Now in matter of the knowledge of the works of nature, I wouldhave thee give thyself curiously; so that there be no sea, river,nor fountain of which thou dost not know the fishes; all the fowlsof the air; all the metals that are hid within the bowels of theearth; together with the precious stones that are to be seen in theeast and south of the world. Let nothing of all these be unknown tothee.”—Rabelais.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1891
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Copyright, 1884,
By Augustus C. Hamlin.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.
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DEDICATION.
Whatever of interest or value there is to be found in these pages is earnestly inscribed
To the Memory
OF
JEAN ANDRÉ DE PEYSONNEL,
who ventured to announce to the men of science of the Royal
Academies of Europe in the eighteenth century that the
Coral was the product of animal life, and not of vegetable
growth. In answer to his simple discovery and honest declaration,
the naturalist was met with a storm of contempt and derision that
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CONTENTS.
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| The Diamond | 13 |
| The Emerald | 285 |
| The Opal | 335 |
| The Sapphire | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |