2nd edition of Hill's translation of Theophrastus's History of Stones published in 1774.
<p>Theophrastus's History of Stones:
With an English Version and Notes, Including the Modern History of Gems described by the Author; and many other of the Native Fossils. To which are added, Two Letters:
</p><p>I. On the Colours of the Sapphire and Turquoise.
II. Upon the Effects of different Menstruums on Copper.
</p><p>Both tending to illustrate the Doctrine of the Gems being coloured by Metalline Particles.
</p><p>The Second Edition;
Enlarged by Addition of a Greek Index of all the Words in Theophrastus.
</p><p>Also observations on the New Swedish Acid, and of the Stone from which it is Obtained;
and with;
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An Idea of a Natural and Artificial Method of Fossils.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Theophrastus" class="extiw" title="w:en:Theophrastus"><span title="Greek philosopher (c.371-c.287 BC)">Theophrastus</span></a>
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