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ILLUSTRATIONS
HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS (Photogravure) . . . . . Frontispiece
MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID APES . . . . . .. Facing p. 10
THE SUN EMBARKING FOR HIS DAILY JOURNEY THROUGH EGYPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TWELVE STAGES IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN AND ITS TWELVE FORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY . . . . 40
SHU SEPARATING SIBÛ AND NUIT . . . . . . . 42
THE SELF-PROPELLING BOAT CONTAINING THE SUN, UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE TWO EYES 46
THE WORLD AS CONCEIVED BY THE CHALDEANS 62
CHALDEAN MAP OF THE WORLD . . . . . . . .64
ASSYRIAN BAKED CLAY PRISMS, WITH' INSCRIPTIONS OF KINGS SENNACHERIB (705-681, D.C.), ESARHADDON (681-663, B.C.), AND ASHUR-BANI-PAL (668-626, B.C.) 68
THE MOABITE STONE . . . . . . . . . . . .86
MEXICAN PICTURE-WRITING . . . . . . .88
REPRODUCTION OF A FRAGMENT OF THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
OLDBABYLONIAN INSCRIPTION . . . . . . . .96
PYTHAGORAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
HIPPOCRATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
ARISTOTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
ARCHIMEDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
DIAGRAM TO ILLUSTRATE ARISTARCHUS' MEASUREMENT OF THE RELATIVE DISTANCES FROM THE EARTH OF THE MOON AND THE SUN . . . . . . . . Facing p. 218
DIAGRAM TO ILLUSTRATE BRATOSTHENES' MEASUREMENT OF THE GLOBE . . . . . . . . .230
DEVICE FOR CAUSING THE DOORS OF THE TEMPLE TO OPEN WHEN THE FIRE ON THE ALTAR IS LIGHTED 246
THE STEAM-ENGINE OF HERO . . . . . . . . .248
THE SLOT-MACHINE OF HERO . . . . . . . . .250
PLINY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
PTOLEMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
GALEN .........280
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