Gaius Plinius Secundus, ("The Elder") (23-79)

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Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus 23-79). The Natural History VI 24 (79); Naturalis Historia VI 24 (79). Faxian (?? / ?? 337-422). A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms CH 37ff. Relations des royaumes bouddhiques CH 37ff. ...
Pliny the Elder (Roman scholar) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
(AD 23-79). Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman scholar and author of the celebrated Natural History, an encyclopedic work that was an authority on scientific matters up to the Middle Ages. ...
gaius plinius secundus, ("the elder") (23-79)
gaius plinius secundus, ("the elder") (23-79)
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Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) [23-79 AD]. Pliny the Elder was born in present-day Como, Italy, to a wealthy family. Only his Historia Naturalis still exists out of the seven works attributed to him. He died on August 24, 79, ...
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23 - 79 - 800 - 33 - 853 - 929 - 900s - 973 - 1048 - 984 - 988 - 1000 - 1020 - 1023 - 1119 - 1125 - 1230 - 1235, Seneca the Younger describes how a glass globe that is filled with water has a magnifying effect. Caius Plinius Secundus aka Pliny the Elder also mentions the reflecting of the rays of the sun of a glass globe. Arabic astronomers construct the Baghdad Observatory. Arab astronomer Albatenius aka Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Harrani al-Battani refers to some kind of an ...


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