The Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Vol. 41: January, 1874 (Classic Reprint)
The Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Vol. 41: January, 1874 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Vol. 9: With Illustrations on Copper, Stone, and Wood I. In the first group he places all the dolmens and demi dolmens, which, following the popular ideas of his time, he supposes to have been Druidic altars, on which human sacrifices were performed, from the summit of which Arch Druids preached, and inside of which they also had their habitation: where also an eternal pyre was kept ...
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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, Vol. 9: With Illustrations on Copper, Stone, and Wood I. In the first group he places all the dolmens and demi dolmens, which, following the popular ideas of his time, he supposes to have been Druidic altars, on which human sacrifices were performed, from the summit of which Arch Druids preached, and inside of which they also had their habitation: where also an eternal pyre was kept burning, from which source the neighbouring Gauls daily obtained fire for their own domestic hearths, which were each night extinguished by the inexorable Celtic law of couvre-feu, the origin of which is lost in the gloom of prehistoric ages. He places also under this class the circular and other enclosures of upright stones, which he supposes to have been Druidic temples and sanctuaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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