* * * • A translation of Albert Neuburger's Die
Technik der Alter- tams, so enthusiastically welcomed in Germany, is no light undertaking, and we may congratulate Dr. Henry L. Brose on the courage and perseverance which have given us such an admirable book as The Technical Arts and Sciences of the Ancients (Methuen, 42s.). So compendious a volume cannot be adequately reviewed except by a board of experts, but in addition to the factual information which it contains, very generously illustrated, it has the great merit of opening our eyes to the notable achievements of the older civilizations. Their technical ability and scientific discoveries are often surprisingly modern, and we are only now beginning to realize that some of our most recent " discoveries " were well known to ancient scientists. Doubters may find full evidence for this in Dr. Brose's volume.
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