[25] [This fact was noticed by Sir Thomas Browne, 1658, cp. “Hydriotaphia,” cap. iii. Transl.]

[26] In this work the Patina on antiquities only is considered; with that on modern bronzes we are not concerned.

[27] “Mittheilungen d. naturforsch. Gesell. in Bern,” 1865, p. 12.

[28] “Mitth. d. naturforsch. Gesellschaft in Bern,” 1860, p. 69.

[29] “Jahrbuch für Mineralogie,” 1860, p. 813.

[30] Malachite, CuCO3, Cu(OH)2.

[31] Azurite, 2CuCO3, Cu(OH)2.

[32] “Jahrbuch für Mineralogie,” 1865, p. 400.

[33] The extract which here follows is in part verbatim.

[34] “Annalen der Chemie u. Pharmacie,” 1853, Vol. LXXXV. p. 253.