The Rise and Fall of Greek Science

This fortunate circumstance, still more than political freedom, wrought in the human mind, among the Greeks, an independance, the surest pledge of the rapidity and greatness of its future progress. In the mean time their learned men, their sages, as they were called, but who soon took the more modest appellation of philosophers, or friends of science and wisdom, wandered in the immensity of the two vast and comprehensive plan which they had embraced. They were desirous of penetrating both th...

 Comparing European and American Mammals and Livestock

    Europe. America.   lb. lb.     Mammoth Buffalo. Bison   *1800 White bear. Ours blanc     Caribou. Renne     Bear. Ours 153.7 *410 Elk. Elan. Orignal, palmated     Red deer. Cerf 288.8 *273 Fallow deer. Daim 167.8   Wolf. Loup 69.8   Roe. Chevreuil 56.7   Glutton. Glouton. Carcajou     Wild cat. Chat sauvage   30 Lynx. Loup cervier 25.   Beaver. Castor 18.5 *45 Badger. Blaireau 13.6   Red Fox. Renard 13.5   Grey Fox. Isatis     Otter. Loutre 8.9 12 Monax. Marmotte ...