 | Andrew Ure - 1844 - 756 páginas
...purest water, and weighs 367 carats, or at the rate of 4 grains to a carat, upwards of 3 ounces troy. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end ; it was discovered at Landak about 100 years ago ; and though the possession of it has cost several wars,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1850 - 526 páginas
...be wished that many such were found. , The Rajah of Mattan, in Borneo, is said to possess a diamond shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end, said to be of the finest water, and to weigh 367 carats. Many years ago, the governor of Batavia tried... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1860 - 786 páginas
...purest water, and weighs 367 carats, or, at the rate of 4 grains to a carat, upwards of 3 ounces troy. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end; it was discovered at Landak about 100 years ag» ; and though the possession of it has cost several wars,... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 páginas
...purest water, and weighs 367 carats, or, at the rate of 4 grains to a carat, upwards of 3 ounces troy. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end; it was discovered at Landak about 100 years ago ¡ and though the possession of it has cost several wars,... | |
 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 páginas
...finest water, weighs 367 carats. The celebrated Pitt diamond weighs only 127 carats. The Mathan diamond is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end. It was discovered at Landak, about ninety years ago ; and though the possession of it has occasioned numerous... | |
 | John Platts - 1882 - 558 páginas
...finest water, weighs 367 carats. The celebrated Pitt diamond weighs only 127 carats. The Mathan diamond is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end. It was discovered at Lfndak, about ninety years ago; and though the possession of it has occasioned numerous... | |
 | 1851 - 644 páginas
...to be wished that many such were found. The Rajah of Mattan, in Borneo, is said to possess a diamond shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end, said to be of the finest water, and to weigh 367 carats. Many years ago, the governor of Batavia tried... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 502 páginas
...rajah of Mattan, in Borneo, in which island it was found about eighty years ago. It is egg-shaped, with an indented hollow near the smaller end. It is said to be of the 6nest water. It weighs 367 carats. Now, as 156 carats are equal to one ounce Troy, it is obvious that... | |
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It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end. It is said to be of the finest water. 
