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...collections of artifacts of the pile dwelling tribes of the Swiss Lakes and the dolman building people of northern and eastern Europe. The prehistoric cultures of America are especially well shown by remains from cemeteries, burial mounds, village sites, and the ruins of the wonderful cities of Mexico and Central America...
...prehistoric Indians of the central Mississippi Valley had forestalled the modern chemist in making and using evaporating pans and precipitating jars which they employed in the manufacture of salt. These utensils were of pottery. The shallow pans were two to four feet in diameter. The precipitating jars were about two feet high and four inches across at the top, tapering to a point; at the bottom. These jars were furnished with covers, to protect the contents. The brine was collected from saline springs, placed in the jars, and allowed to stand until sediment had formed. The clear brine was then...
Students of architecture will find much of interest in the great stone buildings of Mexico, Central America, and Peru, with their ornate facades and sculptured inner walls. Casts of some of these walls are shown in the Museum collections. Both interior and exterior of the stone buildings at Mitla, Mexico, are adorned with perhaps the most remarkable series of frets to be found in any section of the world...
...Reverend Willard Learoyd Sperry, D.D., Minister of the Central Congregational Church of Boston, will give the Dudleian lecture for 1922 at 8 o'clock this evening in the Quiet Room of the Union. The lecture, which is open to the public, is on "The Present Duties of the Christian Minister...
...Reverend Willard Learoyd Sperry, Minister of the Central Congregational Church of Boston, will deliver the Dudleian lecture for 1922 at 8 o'clock Monday evening in the Quiet Room of the Union...