 | Antoine-Yves Goguet, Alexandre Conrad Fugère - 1761 - 452 sidor
...any metal. Anciently they employed copper for all the purpofes for which we now make ufe of iron «. Arms, tools for hufbandry and the mechanic arts, were...and tools of that people now extant, are of copper J. The moft convincing proof, that the ufe of copper f Mceurs des faavages, tzpni.; Aloyf. Cadam. navigat.... | |
 | Charles Vallencey - 1786 - 704 sidor
...all of copper for many ages. The writings of Homer leave us no room to doubt of this ; (b) even at the Trojan war iron was very little ufed. Copper,...ufed both in making of arms and all kinds of tools P and ftj II. L 4. v. 511. 1. 5. 7. 723. Odyff. 1. 5. T. a44- D^ oayf. Hal. 1.4. p. 221. and utenfils.... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1844 - 780 sidor
...aris were all ot copper for many ages. The writings of Homer leave no room to doubt of this. We see that at the time of the Trojan war. iron was very little used. Copper supplied its place. It was the same ior ages amongst the Romans." — " A kind of stones,... | |
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Arms, tools for hufbandry and the mechanic arts, were all of copper for many ages. The writings of Homer leave us no room to doubt of this. We fee, that, at the time of the Trojan war, iron was very little ufed. 