 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 544 pàgines
...they are found, are to be considered as of very ancient formation. Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone,t are three minerals, which nations ignorant of the...in all ages employed for making keen-edged weapons. We see that wandering hordes have dragged with them, in their distant journeys, stones, the natural... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 536 pàgines
...substituting, like the natives of America, vitrified lava for iron. In both countries this variety of lava was employed as an object of ornament : and the inhabitants...lookingglasses with an obsidian divided into parallel laminae. There are three varieties of obsidian at the Peak. Some form enormous blocks, several toises... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1855 - 554 pàgines
...officers called judges, J who sat in a court-house on the spot, and before whom all causes and of the * " Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone, are three minerals,...an object of ornament: and the inhabitants of Quito jnade beautiful lookingglasses with an obsidian divided into parallel lamince." — HUMBOLDT'S Personal... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1856 - 480 pàgines
...largas, con collates a los pescue^os, porque no se les huyessen, y otros dexavan sueltos."— BEKNAL DIAZ, cap. 92. t " Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone...Narrative, vol. i., chap. ii. t " Hay Hombres como los que Hainan en Castilla Ganapanes, para traher cargas." — LOKENZANA, p. 103. house on the spot, and before... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1856 - 474 pàgines
...traian los atados en unas varas largas, con collates a los pescue^os, porque no se les huyessen, y otros dexavan sueltos." — BERNAL DIAZ, cap. 92. t " Obsidian,...looking-glasses with an obsidian divided into parallel laminae." — HUMBOLDT'S Personal Narrative, vol. i., chap. ii. t " Hay Hombres como'los que llaman... | |
 | 1864 - 668 pàgines
...lava was employed as an object of ornament. Obsidian, jade, and Lydian stone are, Humboldt remarks, three minerals, which nations ignorant of the use...in all ages employed for making keen-edged weapons. In studying the manners and customs of savage nations at the present day, and the instruments they... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1871 - 304 pàgines
...weight. With regard to the regulations under which this vast bazaar was held, it may be noticed that * " Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone, are three minerals,...looking-glasses with an obsidian divided into parallel laminae." — HUMBOLDT'S Personal Narrative, vol. i. chap. 2. f " Hay Hombres como los que llaman en... | |
 | Hodder Michael Westropp - 1872 - 244 pàgines
...hatchets, and other implements, and ornaments. Obsidian, jade, and Lydian stone are, Humboldt remarks, three minerals, which nations, ignorant of the use...all ages, employed for making keen-edged weapons. We must here remark an error, which often leads to confusion, in the assignment of stone implements... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1896 - 340 pàgines
...With regard to the regulations under which market ^is vast bazaar was held, it may be noticed that * " Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone, are three minerals,...laminse." — HUMBOLDT'S Personal Narrative, vol. i. chap. 2. j- " Hay Hombres como los que llaman. en Castilla Ganapanes, para traher cargas." — LORENZANA,... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1902 - 394 pàgines
...line by collars round the neck, although some were left free to walk." — BERNAL DIAZ, cap. 92. 2 "Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone, are three minerals,...looking-glasses with an obsidian divided into parallel laminfe." — HUMBOLDT'S Personal Narrative, i, chap. 2. in a body of officers called judges, l who... | |
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Obsidian, jade, and Lydian-stone are three minerals which nations ignorant of the use of copper or iron have in all ages employed for making keen-edged weapons. * * * This variety of lava... 
