CONTENTS. 



PACK 



Introduction i 



PART I. 

 SCIENCE OF THE GREEKS, 



CHAPTER I. 



639 TO 470 B.C. 



Ignorance of the Greeks concerning Nature — Ionian School of 

 Learning— Thales discovers the Solstices and Equinoxes, and 

 knows that the Moon Reflects the Light of the Sun— Anaxi- 

 mander invents a Sun-dial — Discovers the Phases of the Moon — 

 Makes a Map of the Ancient World- Pythagoras teaches that 

 the Earth moves, and that the Morning and Evening Star are 

 the same— He studies Geology, and knows that Land has in 

 some places become Sea — True sayings of Pythagoras and his 

 Followers about Geology 



CHAPTER IL 



499 TO 322 B.C. 



Anaxagoras studies the Moon — Describes Eclipses of the Sun and 

 Moon — Is Tried and Condemned for Denying that the Sun is a 

 God — Hippocrates the Father of Medicine — Separates the 

 office of Priest and Doctor — Studies the Human Body^- 

 Eudoxus has an Observatory — Makes a Map of the Stars — 

 Explains the Movements of the Planets — Democritus studies 

 the Milky Way — Aristotle an Astronomer and Zoologist — 

 Divides Animals into Classes — Teaches that there is a Gradual 

 Succession of Animal Life — Studies the Difference of the Life in 

 Plants and Animals — Theophrastus the first Botanist 



