THE

· ANCIENT WORKERS
In Metal.

AND

ARTIFICERS IN METAL,

FROM REFERENCES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,

AND

OTHER ANCIENT WRITINGS.

BY JAMES NAPIER, F. C. S. &c.,
Author of "Electro-Metallurgy," "Manuals of Dyeing," "Copper Smelting," etc.

"That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been;
and God requireth that which is past."-SOLOMON.

LONDON:

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.
OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH.

ARCHIBALD FERRIE, GLASGOW AND PARTICK.

MDCCCLVI.

1856