"Metallurgic" Quotes from Famous Books
... with other observations, to the date of the monument; the character of the stone, whether roughly hewn or elaborately carved, would give evidence as to the tools used in its formation, and consequently furnish a key to the manufacturing and metallurgic knowledge of the fabricators. The stone itself might possibly not be similar to those in the immediate vicinity, and thence would indicate that travelling and the power of transfer were practised, and the skeleton within would indicate ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 • Various |