place
Atlantis
A lost island-polity in Plato’s dialogues, later a drowned-continent romance. Not a license to merge every flood story or every sunken land.
Atlantis is historically related to Marble.
In Agricola's De Re Metallica, Atlantis and Marble are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from Georgius Agricola; Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover (translation) · De Re Metallica, 1556 Latin; Hoover English 1912
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Atlantis is historically related to Water.
In Parker's Glossary of Architecture, Atlantis and Water are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from John Henry Parker · Glossary of Architecture, 1836 (and later enlarged editions)
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Atlantis is historically related to Clay.
In Dunglison's Medical Lexicon, Atlantis is treated with Clay; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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sources
- De Re Metallica · Georgius Agricola; Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover (translation)
Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica, trans. Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover (1912).
- Glossary of Architecture · John Henry Parker
John Henry Parker, A Glossary of Architecture.
- Medical Lexicon · Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).