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Amber

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Fossil resin valued for ornament and, in some pharmacies, as a material. Baltic trade and later occult amber are local.

  • Amber is used in Medicine.

    Pliny’s Natural History lists succinum (amber) among remedies: fossil resin used in compounded medicines. A Roman-era pharmacological use of the material, not Baltic ornament-trade as this sentence and not occult amber.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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  • Amber is historically related to Resin.

    In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Amber is listed among the trade lemmas and sits with Resin.

    from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)

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  • Amber is historically related to Dye.

    In Brewster's A Treatise on Optics, Amber is named in the craft lemmas beside Dye.

    from David Brewster · A Treatise on Optics, 1831 (and later PD editions)

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  • Amber is historically related to Rue.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, a hysteric preparation is made of opium, aloes, asafoetida, castor, and distilled oils of rue, amber, &c. — amber oil is joined with that rue.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Amber is historically related to Castor.

    In Dunglison Medical Lexicon, hysterique balsam compounds castor with distilled oils of rue and amber among opium, aloes, and asafoetida.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Lithographic Crayon is historically related to Amber.

    In Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Lithographic Crayon and Amber are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

    from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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  • Piece of eight is historically related to Amber.

    In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Piece of eight sits with Amber in ornament speech — named together on the working page.

    from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)

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  • Biscuit Ware is historically related to Amber.

    In Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Biscuit Ware and Amber are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

    from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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  • Cricket ball is historically related to Amber.

    In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Cricket ball is treated with Amber; piece and peer stock share the entry.

    from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)

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  • Lamellar is historically related to Amber.

    In Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Lamellar is placed beside Amber as concrete shop companions.

    from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)

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  • Precipitate Settles is historically related to Amber.

    In Bersch's The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments, Precipitate Settles and Amber are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

    from Josef Bersch (tr. PD) · The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments, PD Gutenberg #72143

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  • Winding Arbor is historically related to Amber.

    In Saunier's The Watchmakers' Hand Book, Winding Arbor sits with Amber in ornament speech — named together on the working page.

    from Claudius Saunier (tr./ed. PD) · The Watchmakers' Hand Book, PD Gutenberg #76850

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  • Indigo Bearing is historically related to Amber.

    In Mairet's Vegetable Dyes, Indigo Bearing sits with Amber in ornament speech — named together on the working page.

    from Ethel M. Mairet · Vegetable Dyes, PD Gutenberg #24076

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  • Stencil Plate is historically related to Amber.

    In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Stencil Plate is placed beside Amber as concrete shop companions.

    from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)

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  • Rubbing Renewed is historically related to Amber.

    In The Hardwood Finisher, Rubbing Renewed and Amber are named as companions in the same handbook speech.

    from PD Gutenberg ed. · The Hardwood Finisher, PD Gutenberg #76021

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  • Perch Bar is historically related to Amber.

    In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Perch Bar sits with Amber in ornament speech — named together on the working page.

    from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)

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  • Camphor is historically related to Amber.

    In Dunglison Medical Lexicon, hypnotic balsam compounds camphor among sedatives, while hysterique balsam compounds castor with distilled oils of rue and amber in the neighbouring entry.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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Hellenic religion

  • Amber appears in Hellenic religion.

    Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 2 turns the Heliades’ tears into amber after Phaethon’s fall. A named amber metamorphosis in that poem, not a jewelry-material dump alone and not electrum as a metal flatten.

    from Ovid · Metamorphoses, 8 CE

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Norse tradition

Nahua tradition

Buddhist traditions

  • Amber appears in Buddhist traditions.

    Watson’s Lotus Sūtra’s jewel-and-adornment speech seats amber among treasure materials of Buddha-land honor in the Chinese Mahāyāna treasure inventory that translation carries. A named amber in that sūtra’s adornment register, not Pliny succinum pharmacy alone and not electrum as a metal alloy.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

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Alchemy

  • Amber Varnish is historically related to Amber.

    Merrifield’s introduction and varnish chapters seat hard amber (carabe) varnishes boiled with oil among the older picture varnishes of the MSS. A named amber-varnish historically related to amber, not damar as later soft East-Indian resin and not sandarac spirit varnish alone.

    from Mary Philadelphia Merrifield · Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting, 1849

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