 | 1815 - 520 páginas
...-square. • ,- •- .•••••" i» . II. Largest Diamond. The largest diamond hitherto found is in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, in the Island of Borneo, in which island it was found about 80 years ago. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow... | |
 | 1815 - 508 páginas
...at No. 3, Princesstreet, Cavendish-square. II. Largest Diainond. The largest diamond hitherto found is in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, in the Island of Borneo, in which island it was found about 80 years ago. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow... | |
 | Delvalle Varley - 1822 - 358 páginas
...carat is equal to three grains and two'fifths, troy weight.) But the largest diamond hitherto found, is in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found about 80 years since : it weighs 36" carats. Many years ago, the Governor of Batavia... | |
 | William Phillips - 1823 - 558 páginas
...weighed 193 carats or nearly one ounce and one-third of an ounce. The largest Diamond hitherto found, is in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, in which 'island 'It was found about a century ago. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1827 - 338 páginas
...direction of the plane. . Shawis, Nature displayed. 2. One of the largest diamonds, hitherto known, is in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, in the Island of Borneo, where it was found about a century since. It js shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow, near the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 648 páginas
...diamonds are also very fine and rare, but deep blue still more rare. The largest diamond hitherto found is in the possession of the rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found ulxmt eighty years since. It weighs three hundred" and sixty-seven carats. It is... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1830 - 612 páginas
...be of the first water. — The following are some of the most extraordinary diamonds known : — one in the possession of the rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found about a century ago : it is shaped h'ke an egg, and is of the finest water : its... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1832 - 362 páginas
...the direction of the plane.—Shaw's Nature Displayed. One of the largest diamonds, hitherto known, is in the possession of the Rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found about a century since. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 608 páginas
...of the Jirst water. — The following are some of the most extraordinary diamonds known : - — one in the possession of the rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found about a century ago : it is shaped like an egg, and is of the finest water : its... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 páginas
...to be of the fa-at water. The following are some of the most extraordinary diamonds known : — one in the possession of the rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found about a century ago : it is shaped like an egg, and is of the finest water : its... | |
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Jirst water. — The following are some of the most extraordinary diamonds known : - — one in the possession of the rajah of Mattan, in the island of Borneo, where it was found about a century ago : it is shaped like an egg, and is of the finest water... 
