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| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| The property of coral, see: Discerning future illnesses. | |
| Coral. | 178 |
| A monkey's heart benefits the [human] heart. | 348 |
| The nature of the heart's motion. | 271 |
| The usefulness of the heart's motion, see: Motion of the pulse. | |
| On dyeing hides with various colors. | 210 |
| On engraving leather. | 288 |
| Why we use carnelian for seals. | 175 |
| Carnelian. | 175 |
| The multitude of crows in Britain, see: Britain. | |
| How horns may be softened. | 322 |
| Halo [Corona], see: Parhelia Sundogs or mock suns.. | |
| In what way a halo differs from a rainbow. | 100 |
| What a halo foretells. | 100 |
| Celestial bodies, see: Celestial bodies. | |
| Different bodies cannot be in the same place. | 6 |
| Properties of the five regular solids. | 307 |
| The whetstone and its kinds. | 185 |
| Counterfeit whetstones that wear down gems. | 181 |
| In what things whetstones are tested. | 185 |
| For pains of the hip, see: Sciatica original: "Ischiae". | |
| What crasis is and how it is made. Crasis: A medical term for the "mixing" or temperament of the four bodily humors. | 122 |
| The principle of twilights. | 94 |
| Chalk, see: Clay. | |
| The island of Crete does not nourish serpents. | 353 |
| Crocodiles. | 235 |
| Saffron. original: "Crocus" | 203 |
| Whether raw things are more useful than cooked. | 47 |
| Why a crust hinders the melting of metals, see: Melting of metals. | |
| How a cold grotto original: "crypta" is made. | 54 |
| Wonders of the crystal prism. | 108 |
| How crystal and glass produce those colors in the Sun, see: Rainbow. | |
| That crystal is not ice. | 177 |
| Why a crystal has six surfaces. | 177 |
| Why some crystal can contain silver. | 177 |
| Crystal containing water. | 177 |
| The Ctenites stone. A stone or fossil shaped like a comb or bivalve shell. | 192 |
| How cucumbers are preserved. | 287 |
| The gnat. original: "Culex" | 225 |
| How gnats are kept away. | 225 |
| Not all gnats sting, see: Flies sting. | |
| Tunnels original: "Cuniculi" under water. | 118 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| The principle of tunnels or mines. | 36 |
| Copperas, which is chalcitis. Copperas/Chalcitis: Historic names for metal sulfates (vitriol) used in making ink and dyes. | 135 |
| Copper, see: Cyprian bronze. | |
| A miraculous cure for disease. | 353 |
| The pulse of those running, see: Pulse in those running. | |
| The principle of chariots. | 327 |
| How the point of a weapon may pierce armor. | 166 |
| How the skin may be pierced without pain, see: Wound without pain. | |
| The color of the skin is similar to the color of hooves and horns. | 237 |
| On erasing marks from the skin. | 271 |
| Two properties of the cylinder. | 308 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| He shows from history that demons exist. | 363 |
| The remarkable story of seven demons. | 363 |
| Those who have written a history of demons. | 365 |
| How demons can be seen naturally, see: The Dead. | |
| Telchines demons. In Greek mythology, these were sorcerers and metalworkers of Rhodes. | 364 |
| What reasons suggest that demons are not solid. | 365 |
| Demoniac inspirations, see: Divine. | |
| Grace [Decor], see: Beauty. | |
| Two privileges of the ellipsis original: "defectionis". Referring to the geometric property of "falling short" in conic sections.. | 304 |
| Fainting, see: Eclipse. | |
| Dolphins. | 238 |
| Why dolphins are very tame. | 238 |
| The dolphin is almost the only one among fish that emits a voice. | 261 |
| Why certain dense things are light. | 126 |
| Why dense things are thin. | 266 |
| Human teeth, see: Human teeth. | |
| On whitening the teeth. | 330 |
| Distilled waters, see: Distilled waters. | |
| Why distillation removes certain scents. | 206 |
| On distillations or catarrhs from the head. In Renaissance medicine, fluids "distilling" or dripping from the brain were thought to cause various illnesses. | 353 |
| The utility and types of distillation. | 42 |
| God knows Kings and Wise men, see: People. | |
| God knows all things. | 369 |
| What God is. | 370 |
| God and the intelligences lack a name. | 371 |
| Why the fourth beneath the fifth is dissonant. Musical intervals: the diatessaron and diapente. | 278 |
| The day reveals many things and hides others, see: Time [reveals] many things. | |
| A day of six months, see: Darkness. |