 | Henry Wilkinson - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...India, could hardly have been arrived at otherwise than progressively; and there is no evidence to show that any of the nations of antiquity besides the Hindus were acquainted with the art. But to proceed with this inquiry: — it appears that the iron mines of Spain have been worked at least... | |
 | 1927 - عدد الصفحات: 1010
...of porphyry and syenite with hieroglyphics were made of Indian steel. There is no evidence to show that any of the nations of antiquity besides the Hindus were acquainted with the art of making steel." — David Mushte, Papers on Iron and Steel (London, 1840), p. 669. "We know that a maritime intercourse... | |
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 474
...Indian steel. There is no evidence to shew that any of the nations of antiquity besides the HindiS* were acquainted with the art of making steel. The...of steel, but they appear to have been altogether ignor.int of the mode in which it was prepared from iron. The arms unJ cutting instruments of the ancients... | |
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The antiquity of the Indian process is no less astonishing than its ingenuity. We can hardly doubt that the tools with which the Egyptians covered their obelisks and temples of porphyry and syenite with hieroglyphics were made of Indian steel. There is... 