Aldrovandi, Ulisse; Ambrosini, Bartolomeo [Hrsg.]: Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Mvsaevm Metallicvm In Libros IIII Distribvtvm (Bologna, 1648)

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* lacus alueis iummas pcti t aquas, idque yeritur , & palis coaggeratur: Indiexcoelum
& allquantispcr insola tum in placentas formant, rursusq,- herbis virentibus superpossi
tum Soii cxponunr, donccpci ieilearcscat: deindc tanquaracascusad vnius anni vsuni
reponitur. EsturvbiopusestcumMaizoeorrcfacio,&vulgaribiisIndorumpIacentis
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cdorc. Coloradhuc rccenti cyaneus, aut viridisinest.scd inuctcraticoloradnigmm
inciinat: improbi est,& ruiticani cibi: Dcmum in aquismarinissuccusctiamlapidciis
latibulatur,c\quoCoraiiumsubvndisconcrcscit,&alitun&ha;edesuccisconcretis
jmproprienominatisdistasumciant.
4 Sinad difscrcntias succorumconcrcrorumpropricnuncupatorumaccedamus,hos
partim macros, partim pingues compcricmus. Intcr macros, Sal, Nitrum, Alumeiij
Chalcanthum, ChaIcitis,Misy,Sory,Melaiirheria, Chrysocolla,C;eruIcum Armeniu'
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cha, SulphurjBitumcn^consequentcrNaphtha, Pissaspbalium, Muinia.&Cainphota
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priiis de Coralio, quod intersuccosconcrctosimproprie|diiaosconnumeratumsuit,
nonnullainmcdiumasicramus.
DE CORALIO.
Cap. II.
SYNONIMA, EORVMQ. ETYMVM.


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