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INDEX
Newton, Sir Isaac, 205
New York, as diamond-cutting cen­ter, 07, 123, 124
New York World, account of Brad­ley-Martin party, 194
Nizam of Hyderabad Diamond, story of the, 151, 152, 153
Nobel Trust, The, 48, 49
Octahedron, 8
Opera, influence of the, 190, 191
Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest, 49, 61,
64,66 Optical characters, 11-13 Optical work, use of diamonds in,
248, 249 Orloff, The, story of, 37-40 Outmoded jewelry, 149, 150
Peacock, C. D., 159
Peacocks on Parade, 192
Pepys, Samuel, 133
"Perfection" in diamonds, 215-218
Persia, 21
Peruzzi, Vincenti, 79
"Philosopher's stone," the, 201
Pigot, Baron George, 196, 197
Pigott diamond, story of the, 196-
198 Pitt, Thomas, 209 Platinum, first use of in settings, 144 Pliny the Younger, 2, 21 Porter-Rhodes diamond, the, 58 Potemkin, 39, 40 Precious Stones Control Bill, 67 Prices, effect of wars on, 132 Professional status of the jeweler,
162, 163
Queen of Rumania, 157
Randall, Barrymore & Billings, 104,
105 R6camier, Mme., 178 Red Cross diamond, the, 59 Refraction, 11, 12 index of, 12
Regent diamond, story of the, 208-
211 Renaissance style of design, 145 Restoration, the, 183 Retail jewelry stores, 154-161 Rhodes, Cecil John, 26, 44-48, 56 Robbins Jewelry Company, 159 Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin Delano,
190 Rudd, Charles Dunell, 46 Rudolph Brothers, 160 Ruska, Dr. Julius, 200 Ruskin, John, 59 Russia, 27 Ryan, Thomas Fortune, 66
Sales, diamond, fields for, 117, 118 Sancy diamond, story of the, 138-
141 San Francisco Opera Company, 190 Savitt, Robert R., 161 Saxon White diamond, 180 Schratt, Katherine, 181 Schwarzschild Brothers, 159 Selle's Jewelry Company, 159 Seraglio, secrets of the, 203 Settle, Mrs. Allison, letter of, 188,
189 Shah, The, story of, 114, 115, 116,
219 Shape, theories of, 8, 9, 10 Shipley, Robert M., 138, 139, 141,
162, 210, 211 Shreve, Crump & Low, 159 Shreve's, 159
Simpson, Mrs. Wallis, 187 Sinbad the Sailor, 200 Single dies, 243 Siva, the goddess, 93-96 Size, 10
of ten largest diamonds, 11 Smuggling, 127-131 Smuts, General Jan Christian, 67, 68 Sorel, Agnes, 169, 170 South Africa, 21, 25, 26
color of diamonds in mines in,
217, 218
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