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− | *" | + | *"con un peso en total cuarenta y sesenta libras." <ref>Martin Harris interview, ''Iowa State Register'', August 1870, as quoted in Milton V. Backman Jr., ''Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 226. </ref> —Martin Harris |
− | *" | + | *"Se me permitió levantar ellos .... Ellos pesaron cerca de sesenta libras de acuerdo a lo mejor de mi juicio." <ref>William Smith, ''William Smith on Mormonism'' (Lamoni, Iowa: Herald Steam, 1883), 12. </ref> —William Smith |
− | *" | + | *"Yo. . . los juzgó que pesaba unos sesenta libras." <ref>William Smith interview with E. C. Briggs. Originally written by J. W. Peterson for ''Zions Ensign'' (Independence, Mo.); reprinted in ''Deseret Evening News'', 20 January 1894, 11. </ref> —William Smith |
− | *" | + | *"Eran mucho más pesado que una piedra, y mucho más pesado que la madera .... lo más cerca que pude ver, unos sesenta libras." <ref>William Smith interview, ''The Saints' Herald'', 4 October 1884, 644. </ref> —William Smith |
− | *" | + | *"Me levantó las planchas, y sabía de la influencia que eran de plomo o de oro." <ref>"Interview with Martin Harris," ''Tiffany's Monthly'', May 1859, 169.</ref> —Martin Harris |
− | *" | + | *"Mi hija me dijo, que estaban a punto tanto como ella podía levantar. Ahora estaban en la caja de cristal, y mi esposa dijo que eran muy pesados. Ambos ellos se levantaron." <ref>''Ibid.'', 168.</ref> —Martin Harris |
− | * | + | *"Les moví de un lado a otro sobre la mesa, ya que era necesario en hacer mi trabajo." <ref>Emma Smith interview, published as "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," ''The Saints' Herald'', 1 October 1879. </ref> —Emma Smith |
+ | *La hermana de José Catalina, mientras quitaba el polvo en la habitación donde había estado traduciendo, "sopesó esos platos [que estaban cubiertas con un paño] y los encontró muy pesado." <ref>I. B. Bell interview with H. S. Salisbury (grandson of Catherine Smith Salisbury), Historical Department Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</ref> —H. S. Salisbury, parafraseando Catherine Smith Salisbury | ||
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Witnesses of the Book of Mormon were consistent in their witness that the plates weighed 40-60 pounds.
Some critics assume that the "golden plates" are pure gold, or that they are a solid block of gold. Neither conclusion is warranted.
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