[1625] See Chapter 31.
[1626] From the Greek σκωλὴξ, “a worm,” “Vermicular Verdigris.”—“The
accounts of this substance in ancient authors seem to some commentators
to be obscure; but in my opinion we are to understand by them that the
ingredients were pounded together till the paste they formed assumed
the appearance of pieces or threads like worms. For the same reason the
Italians give the name of _vermicelli_ to wire-drawn paste of flour
used in cookery.”—Beckmann, Hist. Inv. Vol. I. p. 173, _Bohn’s Edition_.
[1627] In B. xxxiii. c. 29.—B.
[1628] The name, no doubt, of a copper ore which has not been
identified. Delafosse suggests that it may have been an ore of iron
and copper pyrites in combination with a silky copper malachite. See