Note 22 — FIRST PART. The Story of Astronomy from Primitive Times until the Age of Dante.

A Babylonian treatise on astronomy recently published by the trustees of the British Museum supports Kugler’s view that truly scientific methods were not adopted before the sixth century b.c. This treatise formed the subject of a lecture given by Mr L. W. King before the Society of Biblical Archæology on Feb. 19, 1913.