Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 122
Fig. 44.—The Orlow. Among the large diamonds in Russia the mostremarkable is the Orlow. It weighs 193 carats.It has, as is shown by Fig. 44, the form of a halfegg. It is one of the ornaments of the imperialsceptre. This beautiful diamond was originally from India.It formed for a century and a half… … Fig. 45.—Surface of Roses compared to their Weight. CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. 103 of the famous idol of Serringham in the temple ofBrahma; the other eye was a diamond of the sameorder. At the commencement of the eighteenth centurythe idea seized a French soldier of one of the Frenchgarrisons in India to…
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