Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 468
and perfection of theworkmanship, and the extensive utility of it in relation to literature, render thisart particularly worthy of notice. See Suiters Allgem, Theorie, &c. vol. ii. p. 386. § 193. At a very early period, probably (cf. §§ 199, 200), men became ac-quainted with gems, and in the… … 400 ARCHEOLOGY OF ART. the idea of increasing the luster by friction. It needed but a glance at a frac-tured gem to perceive that it would be rendered brighter and more beautiful byremovino- the exterior surface or roughness. This was perhaps originally doneby rubbing two stones together; since, as…
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