FOLKESTON E 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS. 

 TWENTY-FIRST SESSION, 1889. 



February 12tb, 1889. 



Mr. G. Haydon, of Dover, gavs a very full and interesting lecture 

 on " The Development of Tools and Implements from Pre-historic 

 Times." His address was illustrated by a large number of beautiful 

 diagrams and illustrations, and these were again supplemented by 

 a collection of models and of actual implements from the Paloeolithic 

 or Early Stone Period through Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Times. 

 Modern examples at present in use in India, China, and other places 

 were shown, and these differed in very slight points from those of 

 the early days, and from others depicted on old Egyptian buildings. 

 In fact it was easy for the lecturer to show that the most finished 

 modern iron axe or spear was but slightly altered from those of 

 Neolithic Times. He also dwelt on the curious similarity of the 

 stone and bronze implements found in all parts of the world, — a 

 consequence of the same kind of work having to be performed. 

 Although the material and finish in modern times may rank higher, 

 yet no new principle is involved in the construction ; men found 

 out at a very early period the form best suited for each weapon or 

 tool. 



