Category: History - Other
Archil, i. 35; known to the ancients, i. 36; art of dyeing with, brought, in 1300, from the Levant, i. 38; account of the family of the Oricellarii or Rucellai, who made that art known in Italy, _ib._; trade of the Canary islands with, i. 39; of the Cape de Verde islands, i. 4...
Archil, i. 35; known to the ancients, i. 36; art of dyeing with, brought, in 1300, from the Levant, i. 38; account of the family of the Oricellarii or Rucellai, who made that ar...
2. ii. 517;Buck-wheat, i. 425; not known to the ancients, i. 426; introduced into Europe the beginning of the 16th century, _ib._; said to have been brought from Asia, _ib._; conjectures r...
3. i. 314;Clocks and watches, history of, i. 340; clocks known in the eleventh century, i. 346; first public clock at Padua, i. 351; when in use among private persons, i. 354; first menti...
4. i. 70;use of covered carriages forbidden, _ib._; order of Julius duke of Brunswick, forbidding his vassals to ride in carriages, i. 72; French monarchs rode on horseback in the 14th,...
5. i. 481;Gmelin’s experiments on the blue of the ancients, _ib._; origin of the name cobalt, i. 483; first colour-mills in Germany for grinding smalt, i. 484; smalt not mentioned in book...
6. ii. 308;origin of the fur trade to the southern parts of Europe, ii. 309; riches of the northern nations consisted in furs, ii. 310; skins counted by _decuriæ_ or _decher_, ii. 311; ski...
7. ii. 294;8. ii. 295;Glass-cutting, ii. 84; known to the ancients, _ib._; revived by Caspar Lehmann, ii. 85; figures engraved on glass with a diamond, ii. 86; etching on glass, ii. 88; history of sp...
9. i. 451;Hungary water, i. 315; method of preparing it, _ib._; fabulous origin of the name, _ib._; receipt for making it first mentioned in a small book by John Prevot, i. 316; copy of t...
10. ii. 126;ancient rope-dancers, _ib._; feats of horsemanship came from the East, ii. 128; performers at the Byzantine court, _ib._; Romans taught elephants to walk on a rope, ii. 129; Syb...
11. ii. 359;stocking-knitting, when invented, ii. 360; when known in England, ii. 361; breeches and hose, when worn in Scotland, ii. 362; stockings of cloth, in the time of Queen Mary, ii....
12. i. 283-284;collection formed by Augustus, i. 285; natural bodies preserved in ancient times by means of salt, _ib._; dead bodies among the Scythians, Assyrians and Persians covered with wa...
13. i. 275;reason why no swine were suffered about the streets, i. 276; privies erected in France by an order from government, i. 278; earlier in Germany than Paris, i. 279; wooden pavemen...
14. ii. 491;was a real lixivious salt, ii. 492; red _nitrum_, ii. 502; saltpetre, when first mentioned, ii. 503; gunpowder invented in India, ii. 505; used by Indians and Arabians before Eu...
15. i. 89;Tulips, i. 22; came from Turkey, _ib._; effects produced by cultivation, _ib._; how called by the Turks, i. 23; first described by Gesner, i. 24; origin of the name, _ib._; firs...