The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
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Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- BOOK I. Ch.2
- BOOK II. Ch.3
- 1. Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than Ch.4
- 9. An account of the observations that have been made on the Ch.5
- 12. Of the motions of the planets and the general laws of their Ch.6
- 13. Why the same stars appear at some times more lofty and at Ch.7
- 17. Of the motion of the sun and the cause of the irregularity Ch.8
- 25. Examples from history of celestial prodigies; Ch.9
- 35. An ominous appearance in the heavens, that was seen Ch.10
- 50. Tornadoes; blasting winds; whirlwinds, and other wonderful Ch.11
- 51. Of thunder; in what countries it does not fall, and for Ch.12
- 52. Of the different kinds of lightning and their wonderful Ch.13
- 58. Rattling of arms and the sound of trumpets heard in Ch.14
- 59. Of stones that have fallen from the clouds. The opinion of Ch.15
- 61. The nature of hail, snow, hoar, mist, dew; the forms Ch.16
- 66. How the water is connected with the earth. Of the Ch.17
- 72. In what places eclipses are invisible, and why this is Ch.18
- 76. Where this takes place twice in the year and where the Ch.19
- 80. Of the difference of nations as depending on the nature Ch.20
- 96. Of certain lands which are always shaking, and of Ch.21
- BOOK III. Ch.22
- 1. The boundaries and gulfs of Europe first set forth in Ch.23
- BOOK IV. Ch.24
- 27. The islands of the Euxine. The islands of the northern Ch.25
- BOOK V. Ch.26
- 44. The islands of the Propontis 496 Ch.27
- BOOK I.[34] Ch.28
- BOOK II. Ch.29
- BOOK III. Ch.30
- INTRODUCTION. Ch.31
- BOOK IV. Ch.32
- BOOK V. Ch.33
- 166. This island was formerly called Ophiussa[4210], Asteria[4211], Ch.34
- 1541. For an account of Ptolemy I may refer to the article in the Biog. Ch.35
- 11. It is not easy to ascertain the precise meaning of the terms Ch.36
- 5. p. 701, 702. From the allusion which is made to it by Anacreon, in Ch.37
- 272. But Marcus has shown that the opinion of Hardouin is inadmissible Ch.38
- 198. See Ptolemy’s Cent. Dict. no. 100, for the opinion, that comets Ch.39
- 88. p. 178. Ch.40
- 1. p. 683. Ch.41
- 343. Perhaps it most nearly corresponds to the term “hurricane.” Ch.42
- 2. refer to the destruction of temples at Rome by lightning. Ch.43
- 400. But to this, I conceive, it may be objected, that the words “inter Ch.44
- 443. They are referred to by Q. Curtius as a tribe of the Æthiopians, Ch.45
- 102. There is considerable difficulty in determining their position, Ch.46
- 55. It rivalled its neighbour Baiæ in ministering to the luxury of the Ch.47
- 490. The site of the ancient town of Marathon is thought not to have Ch.48
- 455. Their kingdom was finally destroyed by Belisarius. Ch.49
- 44. Strabo describes the Marsyas and Mæander as rising, according to Ch.50
- 1. Periander of Corinth, one of the Seven Wise Men, who wrote a Ch.51