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- catalog abstract ""This is the first major re-assessment of Pliny the scientist since Bailey's publication in the late 1920s. Modern experiments, simulating the techniques described by Pliny, and an in-depth study of his development of a technical language, confirm his unique contribution to our knowledge of science in early imperial Rome. Pliny does not, in general, understand the principles underlying the phenomena he observes but makes a significant input - especially in the fields of crystallography, chemistry, and physics as well as of the earth sciences - from which beginnings those scientific disciplines were to evolve many centuries later."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11320347.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""This is the first major re-assessment of Pliny the scientist since Bailey's publication in the late 1920s. Modern experiments, simulating the techniques described by Pliny, and an in-depth study of his development of a technical language, confirm his unique contribution to our knowledge of science in early imperial Rome. Pliny does not, in general, understand the principles underlying the phenomena he observes but makes a significant input - especially in the fields of crystallography, chemistry, and physics as well as of the earth sciences - from which beginnings those scientific disciplines were to evolve many centuries later."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "Pliny's life and career -- Pliny the writer -- The 'Natural history' --Pliny's sources -- 'Mirabilia' -- Pliny and research -- Language and style -- Science in antiquity -- The 'Natural history' and technical literature -- Science in The 'Natural history' -- Chemistry - Appendix A: Niello -- Appendix B: Dyes and dyeing - Physics - Appendix: From observer to horizon - Earth sciences - Minerals -- Appendix A: Amber -- Appendix B: Hydrocarbons -- Appendix C: Meteorites -- Minerals as pigments -- Gems and precious stones -- Metals -- Technology -- Pliny and the environment -- The 'Natural history' in the Middle Ages and after.".
- catalog extent "xv, 467 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198146876".
- catalog identifier "9780198146872".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog subject "2000 I-570".
- catalog subject "500 21".
- catalog subject "Pliny, the Elder Knowledge Science.".
- catalog subject "Pliny, the Elder Knowledge.".
- catalog subject "Pliny, the Elder. Naturalis historia.".
- catalog subject "Q 143.P64 H434p 1999".
- catalog subject "Q143.P64 H4 1999".
- catalog subject "Science Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Science, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Technology Europe History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pliny's life and career -- Pliny the writer -- The 'Natural history' --Pliny's sources -- 'Mirabilia' -- Pliny and research -- Language and style -- Science in antiquity -- The 'Natural history' and technical literature -- Science in The 'Natural history' -- Chemistry - Appendix A: Niello -- Appendix B: Dyes and dyeing - Physics - Appendix: From observer to horizon - Earth sciences - Minerals -- Appendix A: Amber -- Appendix B: Hydrocarbons -- Appendix C: Meteorites -- Minerals as pigments -- Gems and precious stones -- Metals -- Technology -- Pliny and the environment -- The 'Natural history' in the Middle Ages and after.".
- catalog title "Pliny the Elder on science and technology / John F. Healy.".
- catalog type "text".