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On the Antiquity of the Chemical Art · James Mactear — chapter 10 of 10 · ~113 words · public domain

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Ibn Osaibe's testimony [text reads "Ibu"]

body-physicians at the Court of Harun-al-Raschid [spelling as in original, but elsewhere spelled "Haroun"]

Xenophon in his Anabasis [text reads "Zenophon"]

Megasthenes [text reads "Megesthenes"]

the first of the Grecian philosophers [text reads "philosphers"]

the Hindoos believe in fourteen Menus [and six further occurrences of "Menu"] [standard spelling in this text: correct form is "Manu"]

Libyans in war chariots with four horses [text reads "Lybians"]

under the reign of Pharoah Necho [spelling as in original]

from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean [text reads "Mediterreanean"]

Jackson in his "Antiquities" tells us that, [comma in original]

Indra instructed Dahnwantari; Dahnwantari is also styled Kasi-rajah [correct form is "Dhanwantari"]

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