Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1801 - India |
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Page 67
... the fign Aries . There is , alfo , another annual festival , ce- lebrated on the fame day in both countries , which opens a not lefs extenfive and curious F 2 field field for inquiry ; and as the investigation will lead [ 67 ]
... the fign Aries . There is , alfo , another annual festival , ce- lebrated on the fame day in both countries , which opens a not lefs extenfive and curious F 2 field field for inquiry ; and as the investigation will lead [ 67 ]
Page 68
... lead to a difplay of Oriental manners , founded on aftronomical fpeculation , I fhall difcufs the fubject at fome length . This feftival was observed with ceremonies wonderfully fimilar in countries fo remote as Britain and India ; for ...
... lead to a difplay of Oriental manners , founded on aftronomical fpeculation , I fhall difcufs the fubject at fome length . This feftival was observed with ceremonies wonderfully fimilar in countries fo remote as Britain and India ; for ...
Page 223
... lead , and , in truth , lead and filver are faid by the chemift to enter largely into the compofition of this ore . We read of no other country that anciently produced tin , at least , in fuch abundance and purity as the British ifles ...
... lead , and , in truth , lead and filver are faid by the chemift to enter largely into the compofition of this ore . We read of no other country that anciently produced tin , at least , in fuch abundance and purity as the British ifles ...
Page 236
... lead , whence the inhabitants of Mei- dabriga , one of its cities near the lead mines , now Armenha , are by him denominated Plum + barii , and alfo produced a fmall quantity of tin , of an inferior fort , and found generally in an ...
... lead , whence the inhabitants of Mei- dabriga , one of its cities near the lead mines , now Armenha , are by him denominated Plum + barii , and alfo produced a fmall quantity of tin , of an inferior fort , and found generally in an ...
Page 237
... lead and tin as only two different ftages of one and the fame metal . Tin was called plumbum album , and efteemed the pureft ; and the metal which we call lead was their plumbum nigrum . This fmall quantity of tin , if indeed it were ...
... lead and tin as only two different ftages of one and the fame metal . Tin was called plumbum album , and efteemed the pureft ; and the metal which we call lead was their plumbum nigrum . This fmall quantity of tin , if indeed it were ...
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt alfo alſo ancient antiquity Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumftance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuftom dæmon defcendants defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays fcience feems feftival ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fyftem fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory hypothefis immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent purpoſe race refpect regions Reſearches rites Sabian Sanfcreet Scythian Sir William Jones Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip