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DIANE ARBOR

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DIANE ARBOR, or Arbor Lunae, in chemistry, the beautiful crystallizations of silver, dissolved in aquafortis, to which some quicksilver is added: and so called from their resembling the trunk, branches, leaves, &c. of a tree. See Chemistry, no 754.

Dianum Fanum, (anc. geog.), a promontory of Bithynia: Now Scutari, a citadel opposite to Constantinople, on the east side of the Bosporus Thracius.

Dianum Portus, a port of Corfica, situated between Aleria and Mariana, on the east side.