The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Lazarus Riverius (1589 - 1655)
Other biography: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazare_Rivi%C3%A8re Other Links: eebo.chadwyck.com/search/fulltext?SOURCE=var_spell.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=D00000123881760000&WARN=N&SIZE=139&FILE=../session/1348246464_29486&SEARCHSCREEN=CITATIONS&DISPLAY=AUTHOR&ECCO=N - EEBO has the full text of The secrets of the famous Lazarus Riverius, councellor & physician to the French king, and professor of physick in the University of Montpelier newly translated from the Latin by E.P., M.D Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)References in Documents:
Metalline Slat from the Tin-Mines.
See a large Account of the Tin-Mines of
Phil. Transactions;
(a) a)
by a Person much
conversant among them. As also ano
ther accurate one
particularly of those in
municated by Dr.
in the said Transactions. (b)b)
Tin is mixed with Copper, in the making of Metal for
Bells, Organ-Pipes, &c. the proportion of
Tin to Copper, as
two to seven, or thereabout. If under, it will be too soft;
if over, too brittle. The Metal used for Concaves and Speculums, is likewise a Mixture of Tin and Copper. Of Tin,
with Lead,
and the Marchasite of Antimony of each ⅛th part,
is made one sort of Printing Letters.
Of this Metal is
made that sort of Ceruss, called
Spanish White; one of the
best,
used either by Painters, or by Women. Stannum ustum,
the best preservative of
the polish of Metallick Concaves, and
the like. c)
c)
Cent. 4.
Obs. 56Bezoardicum Jovis against Malignant Feavers. A Mixture against the
Bitings of Mad Dogs,
consisting chiefly of Mithridate and
the Filings of Tin, is much used and relied
upon by some
Huntsmen.