The Natural History of Pliny, Vol I

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Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79

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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)

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QH: Science: Natural history

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Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works

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July 12, 2018

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1. 1.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY. — BY THE LATE JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D., F.R.S. AND H. T. RILEY, Esq. , B.A., LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PLINY.
5. 5.CONTENTS. OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
6. 6.BOOK I. 34 DEDICATION. C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS TO HIS FRIEND TITUS VESPASIAN.
7. 7.BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. — CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHETHER THE WORLD BE FINITE, AND WHETHER THERE BE MORE THAN ONE WORLD. — CHAP. 2. (2.)—OF THE FORM OF THE WORLD 91 . — CHAP. 3. (3.)—OF ITS NATURE; WHENCE THE NAME IS DERIVED. — CHAP. 4. (5.)—OF THE ELEMENTS 100 AND THE PLANETS 101 . — CHAP. 5. (7.)—OF GOD 109 . — CHAP. 6. (8.)—OF THE NATURE OF THE STARS; OF THE MOTION OF THE PLANETS. — CHAP. 7.—OF THE ECLIPSES OF THE MOON AND THE SUN. — CHAP. 8. (11.)—OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STARS. — CHAP. 9. (12.)—AN ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE HEAVENS BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. — CHAP. 10. (13.)—ON THE RECURRENCE OF THE ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND THE MOON. — CHAP. 11. (14.)—OF THE MOTION OF THE MOON. — CHAP. 12. (15.)—OF THE MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THEIR ASPECTS 204 . — CHAP. 13.—WHY THE SAME STARS APPEAR AT SOME TIMES MORE LOFTY AND AT OTHER TIMES MORE NEAR. — CHAP. 14. (17.)—WHY THE SAME STARS HAVE DIFFERENT MOTIONS. — CHAP. 15.—GENERAL LAWS 240 OF THE PLANETS. — CHAP. 16. (18.)—THE REASON WHY THE STARS ARE OF DIFFERENT COLOURS. — CHAP. 17. (19.)—OF THE MOTION OF THE SUN AND THE CAUSE OF THE IRREGULARITY OF THE DAYS. — CHAP. 18. (20.)—WHY THUNDER IS ASCRIBED TO JUPITER. — CHAP. 19. (21.)—OF THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS. — CHAP. 20. (22.)—OF THE HARMONY OF THE STARS. — CHAP. 21. (23.)—OF THE DIMENSIONS OF THE WORLD. — CHAP. 22. (24.)—OF THE STARS WHICH APPEAR SUDDENLY, OR OF COMETS 270 . — CHAP. 23.—THEIR NATURE, SITUATION, AND SPECIES. — CHAP. 24. (26.)—THE DOCTRINE OF HIPPARCHUS 293 ABOUT THE STARS. — CHAP. 25.—EXAMPLES FROM HISTORY OF CELESTIAL PRODIGIES; FACES , LAMPADES , AND BOLIDES 295 . — CHAP. 26.— TRABES CELESTES ; CHASMA CŒLI. — CHAP. 27. (27.)—OF THE COLOURS OF THE SKY AND OF CELESTIAL FLAME. — CHAP. 28. (28.)—OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ. — CHAP. 29.—OF SUDDEN CIRCLES. — CHAP. 30.—OF UNUSUALLY LONG ECLIPSES OF THE SUN. — CHAP. 31. (31.)—MANY SUNS. — CHAP. 32. (32.)—MANY MOONS. — CHAP. 33. (33.)—DAYLIGHT IN THE NIGHT. — CHAP. 34. (34.)—BURNING SHIELDS 311 . — CHAP. 35. (35.)—AN OMINOUS APPEARANCE IN THE HEAVENS, THAT WAS SEEN ONCE ONLY. — CHAP. 36. (36.)—OF STARS WHICH MOVE ABOUT IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. — CHAP. 37. (37.)—OF THE STARS WHICH ARE NAMED CASTOR AND POLLUX 316 . — CHAP. 38. (38.)—OF THE AIR AND ON THE CAUSE OF THE SHOWERS OF STONES. — CHAP. 39. (39.)—OF THE STATED SEASONS. — CHAP. 40. (40.)—OF THE RISING OF THE DOG-STAR. — CHAP. 41. (41.)—OF THE REGULAR INFLUENCE OF THE DIFFERENT SEASONS. — CHAP. 42. (42.)—OF UNCERTAIN STATES OF THE WEATHER. — CHAP. 43. (43.)—OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. — CHAP. 44.—THE ORIGIN OF WINDS. — CHAP. 45.—VARIOUS OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING WINDS. — CHAP. 46. (47.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WINDS 349 . — CHAP. 47.—THE PERIODS OF THE WINDS 360 . — CHAP. 48.—NATURE OF THE WINDS 376 . — CHAP. 49. (48.)—ECNEPHIAS AND TYPHON. — CHAP. 50.—TORNADOES; BLASTING WINDS; WHIRLWINDS 389 , AND OTHER WONDERFUL KINDS OF TEMPESTS. — CHAP. 51. (50.)—OF THUNDER 393 ; IN WHAT COUNTRIES IT DOES NOT FALL, AND FOR WHAT REASON. — CHAP. 52. (51.)—OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIGHTNING 395 AND THEIR WONDERFUL EFFECTS. — CHAP. 53. (52.)—THE ETRURIAN 400 AND THE ROMAN OBSERVATIONS ON THESE POINTS. — CHAP. 54. (53.)—OF CONJURING UP THUNDER. — CHAP. 55. (54.)—GENERAL LAWS OF LIGHTNING. — CHAP. 56. (55.)—OBJECTS WHICH ARE NEVER STRUCK. — CHAP. 57. (56.)—SHOWERS OF MILK, BLOOD, FLESH, IRON, WOOL, AND BAKED TILES 422 . — CHAP. 58. (57.)—RATTLING OF ARMS AND THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS HEARD IN THE SKY. — CHAP. 59. (58.)—OF STONES THAT HAVE FALLEN FROM THE CLOUDS 429 . THE OPINION OF ANAXAGORAS RESPECTING THEM. — CHAP. 60. (59.)—THE RAINBOW. — CHAP. 61.—THE NATURE OF HAIL, SNOW, HOAR, MIST, DEW; THE FORMS OF CLOUDS. — CHAP. 62. (62.)—THE PECULIARITIES OF THE WEATHER IN DIFFERENT PLACES. — CHAP. 63. (63.)—NATURE OF THE EARTH. — CHAP. 64. (64.)—OF THE FORM OF THE EARTH. — CHAP. 65. (65.)—WHETHER THERE BE ANTIPODES? — CHAP. 66.—HOW THE WATER IS CONNECTED WITH THE EARTH. OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE SEA AND THE RIVERS. — CHAP. 67. (67.)—WHETHER THE OCEAN SURROUNDS THE EARTH. — CHAP. 68. (68.)—WHAT PART OF THE EARTH IS INHABITED. — CHAP. 69. (69.)—THAT THE EARTH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD. — CHAP. 70. (70.)—OF THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ZONES 484 . — CHAP. 71.—OF THE INEQUALITY OF CLIMATES. — CHAP. 72.—IN WHAT PLACES ECLIPSES ARE INVISIBLE, AND WHY THIS IS THE CASE. — CHAP. 73. (71.)—WHAT REGULATES THE DAYLIGHT ON THE EARTH. — CHAP. 74. (72.)—REMARKS ON DIALS, AS CONNECTED WITH THIS SUBJECT. — CHAP. 75. (73.)—WHEN AND WHERE THERE ARE NO SHADOWS. — CHAP. 76. (74.)—-WHERE THIS TAKES PLACE TWICE IN THE YEAR AND WHERE THE SHADOWS FALL IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. — CHAP. 77. (75.)—WHERE THE DAYS ARE THE LONGEST AND WHERE THE SHORTEST. — CHAP. 78. (76.)—OF THE FIRST DIAL. — CHAP. 79. (77.)—OF THE MODE IN WHICH THE DAYS ARE COMPUTED. — CHAP. 80. (78.)—OF THE DIFFERENCE OF NATIONS AS DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE WORLD. — CHAP. 81. (79.)—OF EARTHQUAKES. — CHAP. 82. (80.)—OF CLEFTS OF THE EARTH. — CHAP. 83. (81.)—SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING EARTHQUAKE. — CHAP. 84. (82.)—PRESERVATIVES AGAINST FUTURE EARTHQUAKES. — CHAP. 85. (83.)—PRODIGIES OF THE EARTH WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ONCE ONLY. — CHAP. 86. (84.)—WONDERFUL CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING EARTHQUAKES. — CHAP. 87. (85.)—IN WHAT PLACES THE SEA HAS RECEDED. — CHAP. 88. (86.)—THE MODE IN WHICH ISLANDS RISE UP. — CHAP. 89. (87.)—WHAT ISLANDS HAVE BEEN FORMED, AND AT WHAT PERIODS. — CHAP 90.—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SEPARATED BY THE SEA. — CHAP. 91. (89.)—ISLANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN UNITED TO THE MAIN LAND. — CHAP. 92. (90.)—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN TOTALLY CHANGED INTO SEAS. — CHAP. 93. (91.)—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED UP. — CHAP. 94. (92.)—CITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ABSORBED BY THE SEA. — CHAP. 95. (93.)—OF VENTS 587 IN THE EARTH. — CHAP. 96. (94.)—OF CERTAIN LANDS WHICH ARE ALWAYS SHAKING, AND OF FLOATING ISLANDS. — CHAP. 97. (96.)—PLACES IN WHICH IT NEVER RAINS. — CHAP. 98.—THE WONDERS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES COLLECTED TOGETHER. — CHAP. 99. (97.)—CONCERNING THE CAUSE OF THE FLOWING AND EBBING OF THE SEA. — CHAP. 100.—WHERE THE TIDES RISE AND FALL IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER. — CHAP. 101. (98.)—WONDERS OF THE SEA. — CHAP. 102. (99.)—THE POWER OF THE MOON OVER THE LAND AND THE SEA. — CHAP. 103. (100.)—THE POWER OF THE SUN. — CHAP. 104.—WHY THE SEA IS SALT. — CHAP. 105. (102.)—WHERE THE SEA IS THE DEEPEST. — CHAP. 106. (103.)—THE WONDERS OF FOUNTAINS AND RIVERS. — CHAP. 107.—THE WONDERS OF FIRE AND WATER UNITED. — CHAP. 108. (104.)—OF MALTHA. — CHAP. 109. (105.)—OF NAPHTHA. — CHAP. 110. (106.)—PLACES WHICH ARE ALWAYS BURNING. — CHAP. 111. (107.)—WONDERS OF FIRE ALONE. — CHAP. 112. (108.)—THE DIMENSIONS OF THE EARTH. — CHAP. 113.—THE HARMONICAL PROPORTION OF THE UNIVERSE.
8. 8.BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. INTRODUCTION. — CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE BOUNDARIES AND GULFS OF EUROPE FIRST SET FORTH IN A GENERAL WAY. — CHAP. 2.—OF SPAIN GENERALLY. — CHAP. 3.—OF BÆTICA. — CHAP. 4. (3.)—OF NEARER SPAIN. — CHAP. 5. (4.)—OF THE PROVINCE OF GALLIA NARBONENSIS. — CHAP. 6. (5.)—OF ITALY. — CHAP. 7.—OF THE NINTH 1167 REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 8.—THE SEVENTH REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 9.—THE FIRST REGION OF ITALY 1264 ; THE TIBER; ROME. — CHAP. 10.—THE THIRD REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 11.—SIXTY-FOUR ISLANDS, AMONG WHICH ARE THE BALEARES. — CHAP. 12. (6.)—CORSICA. — CHAP. 13.—SARDINIA. — CHAP. 14. (8.)—SICILY. — CHAP. 15. (10.)—MAGNA GRÆCIA, BEGINNING AT LOCRI. — CHAP. 16.—THE SECOND REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 17. (12.)—THE FOURTH REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 18. (13.)—THE FIFTH REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 19. (14.)—THE SIXTH REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 20. (15.)—THE EIGHTH REGION OF ITALY; THE PADUS. — CHAP. 21. (17.)—THE ELEVENTH REGION OF ITALY; ITALIA TRANSPADANA. — CHAP. 22. (18.)—THE TENTH REGION OF ITALY. — CHAP. 23. (19.)—ISTRIA, ITS PEOPLE AND LOCALITY. — CHAP. 24. (20.)—THE ALPS, AND THE ALPINE NATIONS. — CHAP. 25. (21.)—LIBURNIA AND ILLYRICUM. — CHAP. 26. (22.)—DALMATIA. — CHAP. 27. (24.)—THE NORICI. — CHAP. 28. (25.)—PANNONIA. — CHAP. 29. (26.)—MŒSIA. — CHAP. 30.—ISLANDS OF THE IONIAN SEA AND THE ADRIATIC.
9. 9.BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. — CHAP. 1. (1.)—EPIRUS. — CHAP. 2.—ACARNANIA. — CHAP. 3. (2.)—ÆTOLIA. — CHAP. 4. (3.)—LOCRIS AND PHOCIS. — CHAP. 5. (4.)—THE PELOPONNESUS. — CHAP. 6. (5.)—ACHAIA. — CHAP. 7.—MESSENIA. — CHAP. 8.—LACONIA. — CHAP. 9.—ARGOLIS. — CHAP. 10. (6.)—ARCADIA. — CHAP. 11. (7.)—ATTICA. — CHAP. 12.—BŒOTIA. — CHAP. 13.—DORIS. — CHAP. 14.—PHTHIOTIS. — CHAP. 15. (8.)—THESSALY PROPER. — CHAP. 16. (9.)—MAGNESIA. — CHAP. 17. (10.)—MACEDONIA. — CHAP. 18. (11.)—THRACE; THE ÆGEAN SEA. — CHAP. 19. (12.)—THE ISLANDS WHICH LIE BEFORE THE LANDS ALREADY MENTIONED. — CHAP. 20.—CRETE. — CHAP. 21.—EUBŒA. — CHAP. 22.—THE CYCLADES. — CHAP. 23.—THE SPORADES. — CHAP. 24.—THE HELLESPONT.—THE LAKE MÆOTIS. — CHAP. 25.—DACIA, SARMATIA. — CHAP. 26.—SCYTHIA. — CHAP. 27.—THE ISLANDS OF THE EUXINE. THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTHERN OCEAN. — CHAP. 28.—GERMANY. — CHAP. 29. (15.)—NINETY-SIX ISLANDS OF THE GALLIC OCEAN. — CHAP. 30. (16.)—BRITANNIA. — CHAP. 31. (17.)—GALLIA BELGICA. — CHAP. 32. (18.)—GALLIA LUGDUNENSIS. — CHAP. 33. (19.)—GALLIA AQUITANICA. — CHAP. 34. (20.)—NEARER SPAIN, ITS COAST ALONG THE GALLIC OCEAN. — CHAP. 35. (21.)—LUSITANIA. — CHAP. 36.—THE ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. — CHAP. 37. (23.)—THE GENERAL MEASUREMENT OF EUROPE.
10. 10.BOOK V. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. — CHAP. 1.—THE TWO MAURITANIAS. — CHAP. 2. (3.)—NUMIDIA. — CHAP. 3. (4.)—AFRICA. — CHAP. 4.—THE SYRTES. — CHAP. 5. (5.)—CYRENAICA. — CHAP. 6. (6.)—LIBYA MAREOTIS. — CHAP. 7. (7.)—THE ISLANDS IN THE VICINITY OF AFRICA. — CHAP. 8. (8.)—COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AFRICA. — CHAP. 9. (9.)—EGYPT AND THEBAIS. — CHAP. 10.—THE RIVER NILE. — CHAP. 11.—THE CITIES OF EGYPT. — CHAP. 12. (11.)—THE COASTS OF ARABIA, SITUATE ON THE EGYPTIAN SEA. — CHAP. 13. (12.)—SYRIA. — CHAP. 14.—IDUMÆA, PALÆSTINA, AND SAMARIA. — CHAP. 15. (14.)—JUDÆA. — CHAP. 16. (18.)—DECAPOLIS. — CHAP. 17. (19.)—PHŒNICE. — CHAP. 18.—SYRIA ANTIOCHIA. — CHAP. 19. (23.)—THE REMAINING PARTS OF SYRIA. — CHAP. 20. (24.)—THE EUPHRATES. — CHAP. 21.—SYRIA UPON THE EUPHRATES. — CHAP. 22. (27.)—CILICIA AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS. — CHAP. 23.—ISAURIA AND THE HOMONADES. — CHAP. 24.—PISIDIA. — CHAP. 25.—LYCAONIA. — CHAP. 26.—PAMPHYLIA. — CHAP. 27.—MOUNT TAURUS. — CHAP. 28.—LYCIA. — CHAP. 29.—CARIA. — CHAP. 30.—LYDIA. — CHAP. 31.—IONIA. — CHAP. 32. (30.)—ÆOLIS. — CHAP. 33.—TROAS AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS. — CHAP. 34. (31.)—THE ISLANDS WHICH LIE IN FRONT OF ASIA. — CHAP. 35.—CYPRUS. — CHAP. 36.—RHODES. — CHAP. 37.—SAMOS. — CHAP. 38.—CHIOS. — CHAP. 39.—LESBOS. — CHAP. 40. (32.)—THE HELLESPONT AND MYSIA. — CHAP. 41.—PHRYGIA. — CHAP. 42.—GALATIA AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS. — CHAP. 43.—BITHYNIA. — CHAP. 44.—THE ISLANDS OF THE PROPONTIS.
11. 11.APPENDIX OF CORRECTIONS.
12. 12.FOOTNOTES:

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