The Diamond Mines of South Africa: Some Account of Their Rise and Development (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Williams, Gardner Fred

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ISBN 10: 1330148290 ISBN 13: 9781330148297

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Table of the Distinguishing Characteristics of Gems,' pp. 494 - 499. Optical Properties of the Diamond, Sir David Brewster, Phil. Trans., VIII, 157, 1817. Le Grand Lapidaire, Paris, 1561.

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At the beginning of the last century, when the blinded Shah-Shuja sought refuge in the lair of the "Lion of Punjaub," Runjeet Singh, his chief treasure was the crystal pebble which Nadir Shah had snatched from the head of the last of the Great Moguls.

For the sake of the pebble, Runjeet starved the wife and children of his friend until he was driven to lay the Koh-i-nûr at the feet of his host. "At what price do you value it?" said the Lion, showing his teeth in a grim smile.

"At good luck," replied the blind Shah, "for it has ever been the bosom companion of him who has triumphed over his enemies."

It may have been the traditional talisman of Carna, Rajah of Anga, fighting in legendary wars, hundreds of years before the great Achilles stormed and sulked under the walls of Troy.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330148290
• ISBN 13: 9781330148297
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 810