Canadian Jewellers Association · Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co · leaf 299
the diamond was an inflam-mable substance. Neither was itknown for a long time, says the oldtranslator of Pliny, vvbat a diamantwas, unless it were by some kings andprinces, and those but few. As to itscombustible qualities, the ancient writerflatly denies them. Wonderful andmenarrable is the… … I Ect
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