 | Chemical Society (Great Britain) - 1882 - 490 páginas
...China. Quintus Cnrtius, however, he points out, mentions that, near the junction of the Five Panjab Rivers, Alexander received from the Oxydracse and...present of 100 talents of " white iron " (ferri candidi) .t He concludes that this was certainly not tin, which is a soft metal, and was besides very well known... | |
 | 1873 - 488 páginas
...have come from China. Quintus Curtius, however, mentions that, near the junction of the Five Panjab Rivers, Alexander received from the Oxydracse and...as well as white, it might be justly described as nhite iron. In the Greek Anthology also 1 find mention » Vit. Alexand., k. 8. of an " Indian brass... | |
 | W. S. W. VAUX, M..A., F.R.S., JOHN EVANS, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., AND BARCLAY V. HEAD - 1873 - 490 páginas
...however, mentions that, near the junction of the Five Panjab Rivers, Alexander received from the Oxydraca3 and Malli, a present of 100 talents of "white iron,"...as well as white, it might be justly described as nlilte iron. In the Greek Anthology also 1 find mention of an " Indian brass as white as silver," by... | |
 | W. S. W. VAUX, M..A., F.R.S., JOHN EVANS, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., AND BARCLAY V. HEAD - 1873 - 490 páginas
...however, mentions that, near the junction of the Five Panjab Rivers, Alexander received from the Oxydraca3 and Malli, a present of 100 talents of "white iron,"...as well as white, it might be justly described as nlilte iron. In the Greek Anthology also 1 find mention of an " Indian brass as white as silver," by... | |
 | D. R. Bhandarkar - 1990 - 252 páginas
...Quiutus Curtius that " near the junction of the Five Punjab Rivers, Alexander received from the Oxydracae and Malli, a present of 100 talents of ' white iron ' (ferri candidi)" This 'white iron' can be either tin or nickel. But tin was a soft metal and therefore unsuitable for... | |
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Malli, a present of 100 talents of "white iron," (ferri candidi).* I conclude that this was certainly not tin, which is a soft metal, and was besides very well known to the Greeks. But as nickel is both hard and magnetic, as well as white, it might be... 