 The ground is rocky, but it has in it earthy veins, the produce of which is brought down and melted and purified. Then, when they have cast it into the form of cubes, they carry it to a certain island adjoining to Britain and called Iktis (probably St.  Report - Page 55by Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Royal Geological Society of Cornwall - 1828 - 944 pages
...pvOpovo) " they carry it into a certain island adjoining " to Britain, and called Iktis ( «KTIC ). For " during the recess of the tide, the intervening " space is left dry, and they carry over abun" dance of tin to this place in their carts. And " it is something peculiar that happens to the... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - Geology - 1836 - 588 pages
...it under the name of Iktis (/XT/J). He informs us that it was an island adjoining to Britain ; that during the recess of the tide the intervening space is left dry, but at full tide, this passage being overflowed, it becomes an island.* This description would apply... | |
 | Henry T. De La Beche - Geology - 1839 - 720 pages
...it into the form of cubes, they carry it to a certain island adjoining to Britain, and called Iktis. During the recess of the tide, the intervening space is left dry, and they camover abundance of tin to this place in their carts. And it is something peculiar that happens to... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Cornwall (England : County) - 1851 - 324 pages
...coast of Britain, called Iktis. During the recess of the tide, the intermediate space being left dry, they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts. There the merchants buy it of the natives, and transport it into Gaul." "When the Romans became masters... | |
 | Thomas Clifton Paris - 1851 - 312 pages
...coast of Britain, called Iktis. During the recess of the tide, the intermediate space being left dry, they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts. There the merchants buy it of the natives, and transport it into Gaul." When the Romans became'masters... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1855 - 790 pages
...into the form of cubes, they carry it into a certain island adjoining to Britain, and called Iktis ; for during the recess of the tide the intervening...carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carta ; and it is something peculiar that happens to the islands in these parts lying between Europe... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 348 pages
...coast of Britain, called Iktis. During the recess of the tide, the intermediate space being left dry, they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts. There the merchants buy it of the natives, and transport it into Gaul." Those singular excavations... | |
 | Sheridan Muspratt - Chemistry - 1853 - 376 pages
...have cast it into the form of cubes, they carry it to an island adjoining to Britain called Iktis. During the recess of the tide the intervening space is left dry, and the tin is carried to the island in carts; and it is something peculiar that happens to the islands... | |
 | Thomas Spargo - Copper mines and mining - 1865 - 272 pages
...island adjoining to Britain, and called Iktis. During the recess of the tide the intervening shore is left dry, and they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts." The picture presented by the ancient historian is lifelike and graphic. Marazion is described as the... | |
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