 | Robert Jameson - 1805 - 648 էջ
...this purpofe ; ami, to Spain alone, the value of 18,000 livres is fold. In Pruffia, the amber diggers, who name it Black Amber, cut it into various ornamental articles. Observations. 1. It is the darkeft coloured, and its cdnchoidal fracture is the moft'perfect: of any of the fubfpecies of... | |
 | John Holland - 1835 - 514 էջ
...rosaries, buttons, ear-rings, necklaces, bracelets, snuff-boxes, drinking vessels, &c. One thousand cwt. are yearly expended for this purpose; and to Spain...black amber, cut it into various ornamental articles : it was formerly known by the name of Gagat or Jet, from the river Gaga, or the city Gagus, in Lesser... | |
 | John Holland - 1835 - 516 էջ
...rosaries, buttons, ear-rings, necklaces, bracelets, snuff-boxes, drinking vessels, &c. One thousand cwt. are yearly expended for this purpose; and to Spain...black amber, cut it into various ornamental articles : it was formerly known by the name of Gagat or Jet, from the river Gaga, or the city Gagus, in Lesser... | |
 | Richard Cowling Taylor - 1848 - 950 էջ
...buttons, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, snuff-boxes, drinking vessels, &c. One thousand cwt. (quintals) are yearly expended for this purpose ; and to Spain alone, the value of 18,000 livres is annually sold. * Compte rendu dea travaus, 1846. Yield in* 183 i, 22 tons; in 1838, 1,360 tons; in... | |
 | Richard Cowling Taylor - 1848 - 928 էջ
...buttons, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, snuff-boxes, drinking vessels, &c. One thousand cwt. (quintals) are yearly expended for this purpose ; and to Spain alone, the value of 18,000 livres is annually sold. * Compte rcndu des travanz, 1846. Yield in' 1833, 22 tons; in 1833, 1,360 tons; in 1841,... | |
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One thousand cwt. are yearly expended for this purpose; and to Spain alone, the value of 18,000 livres is sold. In Prussia, the amber-diggers, who name it black amber, cut it into various ornamental articles... 