[27] After all, do the circumstances necessarily presuppose a “miracle”? Hezekiah had only asked for a “sign.” In 2 Chron. xxxii. 31 the word “wonder” is applied to the event.
[28] Hence the word “Tropic,” from τρέπω (I turn).
[29] Homer, Odyssey, vol. ii. p. 255. Clarendon Press Series.
[30] Life of Pherecydes, sec. 6.
[31] Life of Anaximander, sec. 3.
[32] Du Halde’s “China,” 3rd edition, 1741, vol. iii. p. 86.
[33] Paper by W. Hunter in Asiatic Researches, vol. v., p. 190. The Benares Observatory is described by Sir R. Barker in Phil. Trans., vol. lxvii., p. 598. 1777.
[34] See p. 70 (ante).
[35] Knowledge, vol. xx., p. 9, January 1897.