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Bioluminescence: the First 3000 Years (Review) [PDF]
Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология, 2008 Bioluminescence is defined as the emission of light from a living organism that performs some biological function. Bioluminescence is one of the oldest fields of scientific study, dating from the first written records of the ancient Greeks.
John Lee
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The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 and the death of Gaius Plinius Secundus
Acta Theologica, 2005 The effect of the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, which led inter alia to the death of Pliny the Elder, is reviewed. Pliny, the admiral of the Roman imperial fleet, wished as scientist to witness the event from close by and set sail in the ...
Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Acque reflue e rischio ambientale: inquinamento fluviale nella Roma imperiale
Erga-Logoi, 2021 The paper intends to examine a specific area of research concerning the pollution of large rivers – the Tiber above all but not exclusively – and the resulting contamination of water and air as well as the depletion of fish fauna and related food risks ...
Gaetano Arena
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Variations on the silica theme: Classification and provenance from Pliny to current supplies
The contribution of mineralogy to cultural heritage, 2019 Over recent decades, numerous studies have highlighted the importance of opal, chalcedony and quartz varieties, chiefly in volcanic, but also in metamorphic and sedimentary environments. The focus is to define accurately their structures, composition and
E. Gliozzo
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Pallas, 2020 In this report the testimonies of Pliny concerning the term saliva (28, 35, 1-39, 8) are examined. Moreover at this «monographic» moment, which presents about 19 cases of therapeutic or magical application of human saliva, the other passages in the ...
Livia Radici, Paola Radici Colace
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Arethusa, 2013 Pliny might seem an obvious model for his fellow letter-writer and orator, Symmachus (early 340s to 402). But even though both authors' letters are in nine books of personal letters and one of imperial letters, there are problems in identifying Pliny's letters as a significant structural, intellectual, or linguistic model for Symmachus's letters, or ...
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Pallas, 2010 Underneath its easy surface, Pliny the Elder’s text quoted in the title contains an indication which begs reflection : the Aquitani who in the mines, of the Iberian peninsula worked at pumping out the water from the mines did it standing (Aquitani ...
Claude Domergue
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The ‘Taprobane” of Pliny and Ptolemy [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1904 n ...
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Gems in Ancient Rome: Pliny’s Vision
Scripta Classica Israelica, 2019 Greco-Roman culture classified a great variety of gems. Authors such as Theophrastus, Plutarch and Pliny the Elder dealt with the subject. To know which gems were most highly valued in ancient Rome, it is essential to consult book 37 of Pliny the Elder ...
Jordi Pérez González
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