[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v2.c32.s16.27 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s16.27 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c32.s16.27 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.s16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s16.27) \* The reading of the text is very corrupt. Garbe gives as many as 12 variants ; that adopted by him seems to be on the whole reliable as also his rendering : " Wenn er mit anderen steinen oder eisernen Hammern geschlagen nicht zerspringt." On account of its brittleness a diamond will readily be shivered into splinters under the blow of a hammer. The following extract from Bauer and Spencer's "Precious stones" (pp. 129-130) may prove of interest.— - [Previous: v2.c32.s16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s16.26) - [Next: v2.c32.s16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s16.28) - [Up: v2.c32.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v2.c32.s16.27) · Pramāṇa