NEW CONCEPTIONS IN SCIENCE 



among many. Can it be doubted that the influ- 

 ence of such a centre of learning and activity was 

 wide. I may cite but a single example. 



At the far corner of the irregular triangle formed 



HERO S MAGICAL ALTAR 

 When a fire was built upon the altar, the doors of the temple swung open. 



by Athens, Alexandria, and the island of Sicily lay 

 another Greek centre, the ancient city of Syracuse. 

 Apart from its temples and its monuments, it is 

 remembered to-day as the home of Archimedes, 

 " the greatest mathematician and the greatest in- 



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