 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...body beyond its vitrification. 1 he difcovery of glafs, according to Pliny, took place by accident, in Syria, at the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by the fortune of the fea. Being obliged to live there, and drefs their victuals by... | |
 | William Butler - 1811 - 548 pages
...body beyond its vitrification. The difcovery of glafs, according to Pliny, took place by accident, in Syria, at the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by the fortune of the fea. Being obliged to live there, and drefs their victuals by... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...Aphrodiseus, Lucretius, and St. John the divine, put it out of all doubt that glass was used in their days. Pliny relates, that it was first discovered accidentally in Syria, at the mouthof the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by a '-hum atsea; who being obliged tu... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...Aphrodiseus, Lucretius, and St. John the divine, put it out of all doubt that glass was used in their days. Pliny relates, that it was first discovered accidentally...the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by a storm at sen ; who being obliged to continue there, and dress their victuals by... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...Aphrodiseus, Lucretius, and St. John the divine, put it out of all doubt that glass was used in (heir days. Pliny relates, that it was first discovered accidentally in Syria, at the mouth of the river Uelus, by certaiii merchants driven thither by a storm at sea ; who being obliged to continue there,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...Aphrodiseus, Lucretius, and St. John the divine, put it out of all doubt that glass was used in their days. Pliny relates, that it was first discovered accidentally in Syria, at the mouth of the river Bclus, by certain merchants driven thither by a storm at sea ; who being obliged to continue there,... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pages
...Pliny relates the manner in which this substance was discovered. It was found, he says, by accident in Syria, at the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by the fortune of the sea. Being obliged to live there, and dress their victuals by... | |
 | Francis Sellon White - 1827 - 608 pages
...manufacture of glass ; which Pliny corroborates by informing us, that glass was first accidentally discovered in Syria, at the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by the fortune of the sea, who being obliged to live there and dress their victuals... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...Aphrodiscus, Lucretius, and St. John the divine, put it out of all doubt that glass was used in their days. Pliny relates, that it was first discovered, accidentally...the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by a storm ; who being obliged to dress their victuals by making a fire on the shore,... | |
 | 1829 - 446 pages
...manufacture of glass ; which Pliny corroborates by informing us that glass was first accidentally discovered in Syria, at the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by the fortune of the sea, who being obliged to live there and dress their victuals... | |
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John the divine, put it out of all doubt that glass was used in their days. Pliny relates, that it was first discovered accidentally in Syria, at the mouth of the river Belus, by certain merchants driven thither by a storm at... 
