The Diary Of Samuel Pepys M A F R S Clerk Of The Acts And Secretary To The Admirality Volume 1 Part 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M.A., F. R. S, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty, Vol. 6: For the First Time Fully Transcribed; Part II, Feb. 27, 1667 June 30, 1667 Woolwich stones, still collected in that locality, are simply water worn pebbles of flint, which, when broken with a hammer, exhibit on the smooth surface some resemblance to the human face; and their possessors are thus enabled to trace likenesses of friends, or eminent public characters. The late Mr. Tennant, the geologist, of the Strand, had a collection of such stones. In the British Museum is a nodule of globular or Egyptian jasper, which, in its fracture, bears a striking resemblance to the well-known portrait of Chaucer. It is engraved in Rymsdyk's Museum Britsnnieum, tab. Xxviii. A flint, showing Mr. Pitt's face, used once to be exhibited at the meetings of the Pitt Club. - B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.