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piso_n antius_n verrius_n m._n varro_n cor._n nepos_n messula_n rufus_n marsus_n the_o poet_n buthus_n julius_n bassus_n and_o sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v both_o of_o physic_n in_o greek_a and_o fabius_n vestalis_fw-la foreign_a writer_n democritus_n metrodorus_n sceptius_n menaechmus_n xenocrates_n and_o antigonus_n who_o write_v all_o three_o of_o the_o feat_n and_o skill_n of_o grave_v chase_v and_o emboss_v in_o mettle_n heliodorus_n who_o write_v a_o book_n of_o the_o rich_a ornament_n and_o oblation_n of_o the_o athenian_n pasiteles_n who_o write_v of_o wonderful_a piece_n of_o work_n nymphodorus_n timaeus_n who_o write_v of_o alchemy_n or_o mineral_n physic_n jolla_o apollodorus_n andreas_n heraclyde_v diagoras_n botryensus_fw-la archimedes_n dionysius_n aristogenes_n democritus_n mnesicles_n attalus_n the_o physician_n xenocrates_n the_o son_n of_o zeno_n and_o theomnestes_n ¶_o the_o xxxiiii_o book_n treat_v of_o other_o metal_n chap._n 1._o mine_n of_o brass_n copper_n 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