A History of Inventions And Discoveries Alphabetically Arranged
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CONCHOLOGY. From the works of Aristotle and Pliny, the great naturalists uf Greece and Home, it would appear that the study of conchology was not overlooked in their time. The first among the moderns who attempted a classi- fication of shells, was John Daniel, a Professor of Medicine, in the University of Keil, 1675. CONSTABLES of Hundreds, or High Constables, were first appointed by Edward I. J and the common or petty consta- bles in the reign of Edward III. CONSTELLATIONS. The division of the... heavens into constellations is probably as ancient as astronomy itself: seve- ral of them are mentioned in Job : the Greeks had but forty- eight constellations, including the twelve signs of the Zodiac : to this number the moderns have added about forty-five. CONVOCATION, (See Clergy. ) COPPER. This metal is noticed in the earliest periods of history, and was applied by the Egyptians to a variety of purposes. Hesiod notices its being used in the roofing of houses : the Romans fabricated the greatest number of their utensils with it : and vessels of copper, lined with silver, instead of the modern method of tinning, were discovered at Herculaneura, (See Brass.
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