bably
the Romans likewise, were unacquainted with chimneys. (See Beckmann, _Hist.
of Inventions_, art. "Chimneys," and Smith's _Dict. of Greek and Rom.
Ant._, art. "House".) The meanings of the Latin word _caminus_ are
explained by Beckmann (_Ib._, vol. i. p. 301. ed. Bohn). The short poem of
[Greek: kaminos e keramis], attributed to Homer (_Epig._ 14.), illustrates
the meaning of the word [Greek: kaminos]. In these verses it is a furnace
used for baking pottery.

Crobylus was not earlier than Olymp. 114. B. C. 324. (See Meineke, _Ib._,
vol. i. p. 490.)

L.

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ANTIQUITAS SAECULI JUVENTUS MUNDI.

(Vol. ii., pp. 218. 350. 295.).

The aphorism, "Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi," which occurs in the
_Treatise de Augm. Scient._, vol. viii. p. 39., and in the _Advancement of
Learning_, vol. ii. p. 46., ed. Montagne, may be safely attributed to Lord
Bacon himself, though it is printed in both passages in the form of
quotation, between inverted commas.

In the _Novum Organum_, lib. i. aph. 83, the thought appears in this form:

"De antiquitate autem, opinio quam homines di ipsa fovent. negligens
omnino est, et vix verbo ipsi congrua. _Mundi enim senium et
grandaevitas pro antiquitate vere habenda sunt_; quae temporibus nostris
tribui debent, non juniori aetati mundi, qualis apud antiquos fuit. Illa
enim aetas, respectu nostri, antiqua et major; respectu mundi ipsius,
nova et minor fuit."

The pointed and aphoristic form of the thought is due to Bacon; the thought
itself has, however, been traced by Dr. Whewell to Giordano Bruno.

"It is worthy of remark, that a thought which is often quoted from
Francis Bacon, occurs in Bruno's _Cena di Cenere_, published in 1584; I
mean the notion, that the later times are more aged than the earlier.
In the course of the dialogue, the Pedant, who is one of the
interlocutors, says, 'In antiquity is wisdom;' to which the
philosophical character replies, 'If you knew what you were talking
about, you would see that your principle leads to the opposite result
of that which you wish to infer; I mean, that _we_ are older and have
lived longer than our predecessors.' He then proceeds to apply this, by
tracing the course of astronomy through the earlier astronomers up to
Copernicus."--_Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences_, vol. ii. p. 361.

The _Advancement of Learning_