Abstract
DR. THOMPSON'S brilliant monograph on ancient Assyrian chemistry is worthy of very careful study. To appreciate it fully one must be both an Assyrio-logist and a chemist, but even those who, like the present writer, have no knowledge of cuneiform, will delight in Dr. Thompson's skill in argument, lucidity of explanation, and quickness in perceiving the key to difficulties. His results and conclusions are of considerable importance, and, while one may not always agree with him entirely, he has certainly thrown a flood of light upon the chemical knowledge of one of the most talented nations of antiquity.
On the Chemistry of the Ancient Assyrians.
By Dr. R. Campbell Thompson. Pp. 158 + 6 plates. (London: Luzac and Co., 1925.) 25s. net.
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HOLMYARD, E. On the Chemistry of the Ancient Assyrians . Nature 116, 703–704 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116703a0
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