Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · Chicago : The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 49
misphere washermetically closed beneath by a metallic plate. The small altar,into which the milk was poured, communicated with the interior Digitized by Microsoft® lO THE OLD AND THE NEW MAGIC of the Statue by a tube reaching nearly to the bottom; it wasalso connected with the hollow dome by a tube… … THE MIRACULOUS STATUE OF CYBELE. in the dome to expand. This expanded air, passing throughthe tube, pressed upon the milk shut within the altar, forcing itto ascend the straight tube into the interior of the statue and upto the height of the breasts of the goddess. A series of littleducts,…
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