AMIANTHUS  , a corruption of amiantus (Gr . &alavros, undefiled), a name applied to the finer kinds of See also:

• ASBESTOS

asbestos (q.v.), in consequence, it is said, of the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral being unaffected by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . Some of the finest amianthus, with See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long silky flexible See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres, occurs in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the Tarentaise in See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy . According to Dr J . W . See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

Evans, the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient amianthus, derived mostly from Karystos in See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea and from See also:

• CYPRUS
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus, was probably a fibrous See also:

• SERPENTINE

serpentine, or chrysotile (now called locally lraµlrasolrerpa, or See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone) . See Mineralogical Mag . (See also:

• LONDON

London) vol. xiv. no . 65 (1906), See also:

• ART

art. by J . W . Evans .