Abstract
IN this volume the author has published with a change of title a second edition of his “Ancient Egyptian Materials” (1926). Those who are acquainted with the book in its earlier form will scarcely need assurance of the merits of the revised edition. The author has incorporated much fresh material, which has accrued from his further researches. Three chapters have been added as the result of much expansion and rearrangement; and the ancient industries, which received little more than mention, have now been treated in some detail. Among the industries with which Mr. Lucas deals are faience- and glass-making, metal-working, pottery-making and stone-working, while among the new materials added are coral, cosmetics, perfumes and mother-of-pearl. Many additions have been made to the references from the Greek and Latin writers, and the chemical analyses, now much expanded, again appear as an appendix.
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries.
A.
Lucas
By. Second edition, revised. Pp. xii + 447. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1934.) 16s. net.
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Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries . Nature 135, 416 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135416b0
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