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Philosophy and Science in the Naturalis Historia

, 2006
I argue that several 'scientific' passages in the Elder Pliny' Naturalis Historia rely on Physical and Ethical doctrine of Stoic ...
Paparazzo E
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Pliny, Nero, and the 'Emerald' (NH 37,64) [PDF]

, 2006
Pliny the Elder’s Natural History which he seems to have completed shortly before his death in AD79, preserves a story of how the emperor Nero used to watch the gladiatorial games in Rome with the assistance of a piece of a mineral which he describes as
Woods, David
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Pliny Earle & Brothers letters to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 6th mo 2nd 1812

Pliny Earle informs Thomas Rotch that his flock of merinos have successfully reproduced, he is well pleased with his sheep, and he lost no Lambs during the winter. He will rent out some of his pure breed flock to be crossed with common ewes. 7.9" x 9.6"
Pliny Earle
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Pliny Earle & Brothers letter to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 5th mo 28th 1809

Pliny Earle discusses the advantages of his carding machines. He mention that full blooded Merinos are very expensive, and that manufacturing would be advantageous for local communities.
Earle, Pliny & Brothers
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Pliny Earle & Brothers letter to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 11mo 24th 1817

Pliny Earle fills Thomas Rotch's order for certain types of cloth. He mentions that an order of furniture for President Monroe's house is being outsourced to France. He believes that domestic manufacturers could do as well. He also mentions a petition to
Earle, Pliny & Brothers
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Pliny Earle & Brothers letter to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 3mo 12th 1804

Pliny Earle gives Thomas Rotch detailed information about his company's carding machines that are made in the vicinity of Hartford not far distant from Rotch's farm.
Earle, Pliny & Brothers
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Pliny Earle letter to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 8th mo 12th 1817

Pliny Earle informs Thomas Rotch of the removal to Ohio of two young men, both skilled, one skill in weaving who Rotch may wish to hire at Kendal. In a final note, Earle informs Rotch that his nephew is a member of the Society of Friends and that he has ...
Earle, Pliny
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La nouvelle science et la science antique : l’échec d’un désaveu de paternité ?

Diciottesimo Secolo
One of the effects of the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns and the polemics against the Ancients was to detach from the Belles Lettres the sciences and arts where the «progress of the human spirit» surely overcomes.
Chantal Grell
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Pliny Earle & Brothers letter to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 8th mo 12th 1812

Pliny Earle informs Thomas Rotch that he did receive monies owed to him, and he intends to establish a wool factory in the Town of Worcester. He inquires if Rotch might know of a man who could oversee the daily running of the factory.
Earle, Pliny & Brothers
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Pliny Earle & Brothers letter to Thomas Rotch, Leicester, 10th mo 10th 1818

An account of monies owed to Pliny Earle and Brothers, $111.87 total, also notification that Thomas Rotch's order for machine cards has been sent to Pittsburgh in the care of Allen and Grant, Rotch agents who will then transport them on to Kendal.
Earle, Pliny & Brothers
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