Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 74
70 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. The strong vaults and narrow openings to the day protectedthem, indeed, from the falling cinders; but the heat, sufficient tochar wood, and volatilize the more subtle part of the ashes, couldnot be kcDt out by such means. The vital air was changed intoa sulphurous vapor,…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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