LECTURE XII. 



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ttey have fetched tin from foreign parts for the purpose of 

 alloying it with copper. The alloy with tin, and the discovery 

 of pieces of chemically pure tin, indicate rather Belgium and 

 Cornwall as the countries where bronze was invented. 



Fig. 107. Skull of Meilen, top view, after a drawing by Professor His. 



Pis-. 108. The same Skull in Profile. 



Since the discovery of pile- works in Switzerland many simi- 

 lar discoveries have been made in other parts. 



I consider those found in Italy to possess peculiar interest. 



