The magnes lapis--magnetic iron-ore or loadstone--is the last substance in the world any one would think of adding to glass.
Magnes had lost the popularity which he had formerly enjoyed.
From the daughters of Deucalion sprang Magnes and Macedon, ancestors of the Magnesians and Macedonians, who are thus represented as cousins to the true Hellenic stock.
Magnes was the son of Argus, the son of Phrixus and Perimele, Admetus' daughter, and lived in the region of Thessaly, in the land which men called after him Magnesia.
No ship could sail on Seas, her course to run aright, Nor Compass shew the ready way were Magnesnot of might.
The Diamonds bright, the Saphires brave, Are stones that bear the name, but flatter not, and tell the troath, Magnes deserves the same.
Then frame another orb in all respects like this Describe the edge and lay the steel thereon likewise, The steel which from the self-same Magnes motion drew; This orb send with thy friend what time he bids adieu.
There have been many conjectures as to the meaning of the words "magnes lapis.
In chapter 25 of the same book Pliny describes five varieties of "magnes lapis.
In charging the magnes microcosmi, the motive of the purchaser had always to be taken into account.
He had converted the mumia of an idiot into a magnes microcosmi; and bribing the man who delivered the milk, he gave him instructions to soak the magnes microcosmi, for a few minutes, in every portion that he left at the Cottage.
This metamorphosis can also be produced by means of a magnet called the 'magnes microcosmi,' which is prepared from substances that have had a long association with the human body, and are penetrated by its vitality.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "magnes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
