Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 124
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… … Fig. 46.—The Shah. they confided to him the care of the temple. Hechose his time, and one stormy night carried offone of the diamonds; the other could not beforced from the socket. He fled to Madras, wherehe sold the stolen treasure to a captain of theEnglish navy for $9300. Conveyed to England…
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