The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page 10
When rubbed it is highly endowed with that remarkable property called electricity
; a word which the moderns have formed from the Greek name ελεκτρον . But the
ancients had also a mixed metal of fine copper and silver , resembling the ...
When rubbed it is highly endowed with that remarkable property called electricity
; a word which the moderns have formed from the Greek name ελεκτρον . But the
ancients had also a mixed metal of fine copper and silver , resembling the ...
Page 19
The late learned Dr. Shaw , in a printed specimen of a natural history of animals
which he once showed me , conjectured that the chameleon was so called from
its leaping upon its prey like a lion : and it is not impossible that the name of lion ...
The late learned Dr. Shaw , in a printed specimen of a natural history of animals
which he once showed me , conjectured that the chameleon was so called from
its leaping upon its prey like a lion : and it is not impossible that the name of lion ...
Page 23
The wild ass , called PARA , is probably the onager of the ancients . It is taller ,
and a much more dignified animal than the common or domestic ass ; its legs are
more elegantly shaped ; and it bears its head higher . It is peculiarly
distinguished ...
The wild ass , called PARA , is probably the onager of the ancients . It is taller ,
and a much more dignified animal than the common or domestic ass ; its legs are
more elegantly shaped ; and it bears its head higher . It is peculiarly
distinguished ...
Page 31
There were three kinds of balsam extracted from this tree . The first was called
opobalsamum , and was most highly esteemed . It was that which flowed
spontaneously , or by means of incision , from the trunk or branches of the tree in
summer ...
There were three kinds of balsam extracted from this tree . The first was called
opobalsamum , and was most highly esteemed . It was that which flowed
spontaneously , or by means of incision , from the trunk or branches of the tree in
summer ...
Page 37
... by a reference to Exod . xvi . 14 and 31 , where it is likened to hoar - frost ,
which being like little fragments of ice , may confirm the opinion that it is the beryl
, perhaps that pellucid kind called by Dr. Hill the " ellipomacrostyla , ” or beryl
crystal .
... by a reference to Exod . xvi . 14 and 31 , where it is likened to hoar - frost ,
which being like little fragments of ice , may confirm the opinion that it is the beryl
, perhaps that pellucid kind called by Dr. Hill the " ellipomacrostyla , ” or beryl
crystal .
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| Title | The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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