Science Of The Ancients

Prof. Goodinan says the thing that most impressed him, when visiting Pompeii, was the resemblance between many of the implements of 1800 years ago and those cf to-day. On looking at ! the iron tools grouped together in an oíd factory there he couW almost imagine he was gazing into a modern tooi shop, except for the fact that there was a heavy coating of rust on the iron, says Glass and Pottery Magazine. Sickles, billhooks, rakes, forks, axes, spades, blacksmrbh's tongs, hammers, eolderitig irons, planes, shovels, etc, are much like those used to-day, butthe most marvelous instruments found are those for surgery, beautifully executed and of design exactly similar to some recently patented and reinvented. Incredible as it may appear, Pompeiians had wire ropes of perfect construction. Their bronzes revea] great skill and artistic talent. ' The bronze brazier and kitchener 'had boilers at the side and taps for running off the water. Ewers and urns have been discovered with interior tubes and f urnaces precisely like the arrangement now in vognie in steam boilers. Metal safes had substantial locks. Many of the locks and keys are most ingenious and some very complex. The water supply of Pompeii was distributed by means of lead pipes laid under the streets. There were many public drinking f ountains, and most of the l'arge houses were provided with fountains, many of thern being of very beautif ui design.