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Dimetrodon |
Frontispiece |
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| 1, 2. |
Engraved Cylinder of Red-Deer's
Antler, from the Azilian (Elapho-Tarandian) Horizon of the Cavern of Lortet |
1 |
| 3. |
A.
Perforated Harpoon of the Azilian or Red-Deer Period. B. and C.
Imperforate Harpoons or Lance Heads |
3 |
| 4. |
Rolled Impression or "Development"
of the Engraving on the Lortet Antler |
12 |
| 5. |
Restoration (or Completion) of the
Engraving on the Lortet Antler |
13 |
| 6. |
Fragment of a Roughly-painted Vase
of the Dipylon Age (circa 800 b.c.) from Tiryns |
23 |
| 7. |
Engraving of a Mammoth drawn upon
a Piece of Mammoth Ivory |
26 |
| 8. |
Outline Engravings of Mammoths on
the Wall of the Cavern known as the "Font de Gaume," near Eyzies (Dordogne) |
32 |
| 9. |
Similar Engravings from the Neighbouring
Cave of Combarelles |
32 |
| 10. |
A, Similar Engraving from the
Cave of Combarelles. B, Mammoth enclosed by Plank-like Structure–supposed to be
either a Cage or a Trap |
33 |
| 11. |
Horse (Wall Engraving), Cave of
Marsoulas, Haute Garonne |
43 |
| 12. |
Horse (Wall Engraving) Outline in
Black, Cave of Niaux (Ariège) |
43
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| 13. |
Horses: A, Wall Engraving (Cave
of Hornos de la Péna). B, Wall Engraving from Cavern of Combarelles. C,
engraved on reindeer Antler (Mas d'Azil) |
43 |
| 14. |
Drawing (of the Actual Size of the
Original) of a Flat Carving in Shoulder-bone of a Horse's Head, showing Twisted
Rope-bridle and Trappings |
45 |
| 15. |
Drawing (of the Actual Size of the
Original) of a fully rounded Carving in Reindeer's Antler of the Head of a Neighing
Horse |
45 |
| 16. |
Reindeer (Engraving on
Schist) |
46 |
| 17. |
Rhinoceros in Red Outline |
46 |
| 18. |
Bison from the Roof of the Cavern of
Altamira |
48 |
| 19. |
Bison: Wall Engravings |
48 |
| 20. |
Bear: Engraved on Stalagmite, from the
Cave of Teyjat near Eyzies |
48 |
| 21. |
Bear: Engraved on Stone, Massol
(Ariège) |
48 |
| 22. |
Wolf: Engraved on Wall of the Cave of
Combarelles |
48 |
| 23. |
Wall Engraving of a Cave Lion
(Combarelles) |
48 |
| 24. |
Goose: Small Engraving on Reindeer
Antler |
49 |
| 25. |
Female Figure carved in Oolitic Limestone
from Willendorf, near Krems, Lower Austria (1908) |
50 |
| 26. |
Drawing (of the Actual Size of the
Original) of an Ivory Carving (fully rounded) of a Female Head |
51 |
| 27. |
Seated Figure of a Woman holding a
Bovine Horn in the Right Hand |
51 |
| 28. |
Male Figure represented in the Act of
drawing a Bow or throwing a Spear |
51
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| 29. |
A Piece of Mammoth Ivory carved with
Spirals and Scrolls from the Cave of Arudy (Hautes Pyrénées) |
54 |
| 30. |
Vesuvius as it appeared before the
Eruption of August 24, a.d. 79 |
57 |
| 31. |
Five Successive Stages in the Change
of Form of Vesuvius (from Phillips' "Vesuvius," 1869) |
61 |
| 32. |
The Upper-arm Bone or Humerus of the
Great Reptile (Gigantosaurus) of Tendagoroo |
88 |
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The Gigantic Reptile Diplodocus on
Land |
91 |
| 33. |
The Rudimentary Gill-plume of a
Crayfish from that Part of the Body-wall to which the First Pair of Jaw-legs
(Maxillipedes) is articulated |
122 |
|
Strangely-shaped Fishes |
130 |
| 34. |
Diagram of Rotifer vulgaris–The
Common Wheel Animalcule–One Hundred and Twenty Times as long as the Creature
itself |
158 |
| 35. |
The Rotifer Pedalion
mirum–seen from the Right Side, magnified 180 Diameters |
161 |
| 36. |
The Rotifer Pedalion mirum–seen
from the Ventral Surface |
161 |
| 37. |
The Rotifer Noteus
quadricornis–to show its curious Four-horned Carapace |
163 |
|
The Larval or Young Form of Crustacea
known as "the Nauplius" |
164 |
| 37 (bis). |
Three Tube-building
Wheel Animacules |
169 |
|
Young Stages of Growth or Veliger
Larvæ of Marine Snails |
181 |
| 38. |
The Swastika in its simplest Rectangular
Form |
191
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| 39. |
Three Simple Varieties of the
Swastika |
192 |
| 40. |
Footprint of the Buddha |
192 |
| 41. |
Vase from Cyprus (Mykenæan Age,
circa 1200 b.c.); Painted with Lotus, Bird and Four Swastikas |
194 |
| 42. |
Terra-Cotta Spindle-Whorl marked with
Swastikas |
194 |
| 43. |
Ornament from an Archaic (pre-Hellenic)
Bœotian Vase, showing Several Swastikas, Greek Crosses and Two Serpents |
195 |
| 43 (bis). |
Swastikas in Bronze
Repoussé |
195 |
| 44. |
Silver-plated Bronze Horse Gear from
Scandinavia, showing two Swastikas, and below a Complex Elaboration of a
Swastika |
195 |
| 45. |
Anglo-Saxon Urn from Shropham, Norfolk,
Ornamented by Twenty Small Hand-made Swastikas stamped into the Clay |
195 |
| 46. |
Piece of a Ceremonial Bead-worked
Garter, showing Star and Two Swastikas |
197 |
| 47. |
A Stone Slab from the Ancient City of
Mayapan (Yucatan, Central America), on which (Right Side) a Curvilinear Swastika is
carved |
198 |
| 48. |
Diagram to show the Derivation of
the Swastika from a Greek Cross enclosed by a Circle |
199 |
| 49. |
The Greek Key Pattern in A
Rectangular, and B Curvilinear or "Current" Form |
202 |
| 50. |
Diagrams of the
"Triskelion" |
203 |
| 51. |
Four Stages in the Simplification
of a Decorative Design–The Alligator |
205 |
| 52. |
Simplification (grammatizing) of Decorative
Design |
206 |
| 53. |
Spindle-Whorl from Troy (Fourth City),
with Three Swastikas |
206
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| 54. |
The "Tomoye"–The Japanese Badge of
Triumph |
209 |
| 55. |
Symbols of the History of the Universe
used by the Ancient Chinese Philosopher Chu-Hsi |
209 |
| 56. |
Diagrams to show the possible
Derivation of the Swastika from the Inscription of Two S-like Lines (or "Ogees") within
a Circle so as to divide the Circle into Four Bent Cones |
209 |
| 57. |
Terra-cotta Cone with a Seven-armed
Sun-like Figure |
211 |
| 58. |
Scalloped Shell Disk, from a Mound
near Nashville, Tennessee, showing in the Centre a Tetraskelion with Four Curved
Arms |
211 |
| 59. |
An Altar-stone of Prehistoric
Age |
213 |
| 60. |
Diagrams of Arbeli |
214 |
