Note 951 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647
John Bostock translation
“Plumbum nigrum”—“Black lead,” literally: so called by the ancients, in contradistinction to “plumbum album,” “white lead,” our “tin,” probably.
John Bostock translation
“Plumbum nigrum”—“Black lead,” literally: so called by the ancients, in contradistinction to “plumbum album,” “white lead,” our “tin,” probably.