Yi CONTENTS OP VOL. VI. 



Chap. 



V. (I'UK rul Architecture and Mechanical Sciences 



SECT. i. Architecture and Mechanical Sciences of the Ancients il>. 

 ii. Comparative view of the Architecture ofditf't rent Ayes 471 



iii. Labyrinth* . . -177 



iv. Great Wall of China . . 480 



T. Temple of Klephanta . . 481 

 vi. Temple of Juggernaut 

 vii. INlorai: or Cemetery and Temple of the Australa. 



sian Islands . . 491 



viii. Architectural Remains at Mylassa . 496 



i.T. Temple of Heliopolis, or BaLbec . 49S> 



x. Magnificent Ruins of Palmyra 504 



xi. Splendid Ruins of Persepolis . 510 



xii. Ruins and present Appearance of Jerusalem 519 



xiii. Interesting Ruins of the Plain of Troy 637 



xir. Sculpture and Architecture of Athens 548 



TV. Magnificent Remains or Ruins in Egypt . 560 



xvi. Porcelain Tower at Nankin . ib. 



xvii. Colossus of Rhodes . . 561 



xviii. Italian Monuments and Architecture ib. 



six. Temple of Sancta Sophia at Constantinople 562 



xx. Monastery of Monfserrat . 563 



xxi. Stone-henge . . . 5G4 

 xxii. Ttfinuli : including Barrows, Cairns, Cromlechs, 

 Kist-vaens, Logan or Rocking-stones, and similar 



Monumental Remains . . 566 



1. Barrows . , 567 



2. Cairns . . 572 

 J. Cromlechs . . 573 

 4. Rocking.stoncs. Logan- stones 574 



VI. Xavu! Architecture , . 575 

 V.< r. i. Ark of Noah . . . 57Q 



ii. Galley of Hiero . . . 579 



iii. Xerxes's Bridge of Boats over the Hellespont 5SO 



iv. Spectacle of a Sea-fight at Rome . 584 



VJ I. Bridges and Light- Mouses . . 58.5 



i. Bridges most curious or interesting . ib. 

 ii. Light houses : exemplified by those of Phasclus, 



Pharos, and the Kddystone Kocks . 589 



VIII. Chronological Table of Mechanical Inventions 5<Jf) 



IX. Table of Ancu nt Measure? and \\ eights 51)8 

 . i. Andrnt Measures . . ih. 



ri. Ancient Weights . 59i 



