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Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology Hardcover - 2000
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- Title Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology
- Author John F. Healy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 484
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarendon Press, Oxford
- Date 2000-04-20
- ISBN 9780198146872 / 0198146876
- Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.25 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 3.18 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Pliny, Science, Ancient
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99024316
- Dewey Decimal Code 500
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine gilt-blocked cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Notes; Text in English and Latin. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Pliny's Life and Career -- Pliny the Writer -- The 'Natural History' --Pliny's Sources -- 'Mirabilia' -- Pliny and Research -- Language and Style -- Science in Antiquity -- The 'Natural History' and Technical Literature -- Science in The 'Natural History' -- Chemistry -- APPENDICES -- A: Niello -- B: Dyes and Dyeing -- Physics -- APPENDIX: From Observer to Horizon -- Earth Sciences -- Minerals -- APPENDICES -- A: Amber -- B: Hydrocarbons -- C: Meteorites -- Minerals as Pigments -- Gems and Precious Stones -- Metals -- Technology -- Pliny and the Environment -- The 'Natural History' in the Middle Ages and After. Subjects; Pliny the Elder Knowledge and learning. Pliny the Elder. Naturalis historia. Pliny the Elder.…
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