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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 3199 — BOOK XXXI. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS.

John Bostock translation

The mention of nitrum, sulphur, and charcoal, probably the three ingredients of gunpowder, in such close proximity, is somewhat curious.

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