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Page 81
... Chinese patterns , pieces of obsidian , and the muti- lated bodies of idols . * Indeed obsidian knives , arrows , and terra cotta heads , abound in this vicinity . The heads have a physiognomical appearance somewhat unlike that of the ...
... Chinese patterns , pieces of obsidian , and the muti- lated bodies of idols . * Indeed obsidian knives , arrows , and terra cotta heads , abound in this vicinity . The heads have a physiognomical appearance somewhat unlike that of the ...
Page 117
... Chinese ; and others , such as the manuscripts of the Escurial , are of great thickness . Many of the paintings have explana- tory notes appended to them , in the Spanish or Mexican lan- guage , which are valuable as expositions ...
... Chinese ; and others , such as the manuscripts of the Escurial , are of great thickness . Many of the paintings have explana- tory notes appended to them , in the Spanish or Mexican lan- guage , which are valuable as expositions ...
Page 177
... Chinese , Mexicans and Peruvians , and other primitive nations , whose traditions generally assign the arts to an antediluvian , or to an heroic or fabulous origin , or agree that they were existing at a period of unexplored antiquity ...
... Chinese , Mexicans and Peruvians , and other primitive nations , whose traditions generally assign the arts to an antediluvian , or to an heroic or fabulous origin , or agree that they were existing at a period of unexplored antiquity ...
Page 230
... Chinese . The latter nation appears to have been acquainted with the at- tractive power of the loadstone at a remote date ; and its pro- perty of communicating polarity to iron is noticed in a Chinese work finished A. D. 121 , and in ...
... Chinese . The latter nation appears to have been acquainted with the at- tractive power of the loadstone at a remote date ; and its pro- perty of communicating polarity to iron is noticed in a Chinese work finished A. D. 121 , and in ...
Page 233
... Chinese charts , Kamtschatka appears to have been known to that nation , in the seventh century , and they even claim to have carried on a trade with the north - west coast of America , and with California . Their voyages to the south ...
... Chinese charts , Kamtschatka appears to have been known to that nation , in the seventh century , and they even claim to have carried on a trade with the north - west coast of America , and with California . Their voyages to the south ...
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