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" AVhcu a summons is sent to me I will take this stone, and, placing myself in the sun, I will, though at a distance, melt all the writing of the summons. "
A General History of Mathematics from the Earliest Times to the Middle of ... - Page 138
by Charles Bossut - 1803 - 540 pages
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge ..., Volume 3

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 pages
...glass, do you not ? " Strep. — Just so. " Soc.— Well, what will you do with that? " Strep. — When a summons is sent to me I will take this stone, and, placing myself in the sun, I will, though at a distance, melt all the writing of the summons." Writing, in those times, was traced on...
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History of Greek and Roman Philosophy and Science

Charles James Blomfield - 1853 - 452 pages
...Svc. You moan glass, do you not ? 41 Strep. Just so. "Soc. Well, what will you do with that? 41 Strep. When a summons is sent to me I will take this stone, and, placing myself in the sun, I will, though at a distance, melt all the writing of the summons." Writing, in those times, was traced on...
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The Theory of Light

Thomas Preston - 1890 - 494 pages
...Socrates. You mean glass, do you not ? Strep. Just 80. Soc. Well, what will you do with that ? Strep. AVhcu a summons is sent to me I will take this stone, and, placing myself in the sun, I will, though at a distance, melt all the writing of the summons." (The writing was then traced on wax spread...
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The Theory of Light

Thomas Preston - 1895 - 612 pages
...Socrates. You mean glass, do you not ? Strep. Just so. Soe. Well, what will yoc do with that? Strep. When a summons is sent to me I will take this stone, nnd, placing myself in the sun, I will, though at a distance, melt all the writing of th« summons."...
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The Antiquaries Journal, Volume 8

1928 - 724 pages
...Strcpsiadcs. Just so. Socrates. Well, what will you do with that? Strcpsiades. When a summons is sent me I will take this stone, and, placing myself in the sun, I will, though at a distance, melt all the writing of the summons.' The above passage shows that the use of...
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Prism and Lens Making, Second Edition: A Textbook for Optical Glassworkers

Twyman F - 1988 - 650 pages
...transparent stone with which fires are kindled ? SOCRATES : You mean glass ? STREPSIADES : Just so. SOCRATES : Well what will you do with that ? STREPSIADES : When a summons is sent me, I will take this stone and placing myself in the sun I will, though at a distance, melt all the...
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Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 6

Robert James Forbes - 1966 - 258 pages
...Stepsiades: Just so. Socrates: Well, what will you do with that? Stepsiades : When a summons is sent me I will take this stone and placing myself in the sun, I will at a distance melt all the writings of the summons." If burning glasses were used they must have been...
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