. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . displaced instruments thus ut nova instrumenta astronomica facicnda mini imponeret, quae scilicet more Europaso affabre facta, et in specula Astrop-tica Pekinensi collocata, aeternani Imperii Tartarici memoriam apud posteritatem servarent,prioribus instrwnentis Sinicis rudioris Minerva, quce jam a trecentis proxime annis speculamoccupabant, inde amotis. Imperator statim annuit illorum postulatis, et totius rei curam, publicodiplomate mihi imposuit. Ego itaque intra quadriennis spatium sex diversi gene
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . displaced instruments thus ut nova instrumenta astronomica facicnda mini imponeret, quae scilicet more Europaso affabre facta, et in specula Astrop-tica Pekinensi collocata, aeternani Imperii Tartarici memoriam apud posteritatem servarent,prioribus instrwnentis Sinicis rudioris Minerva, quce jam a trecentis proxime annis speculamoccupabant, inde amotis. Imperator statim annuit illorum postulatis, et totius rei curam, publicodiplomate mihi imposuit. Ego itaque intra quadriennis spatium sex diversi generis instrumentaconfeci. This is from an account of tbe Observatory written by Verbiest himself, and printed atPeking in 1668 (Liber Organicus Astrcnomice Europeea. apud Sinas Restitutes, etc.). My friendMr. D. Hanbury made the extract from a copy of this rare book in the London Institution enlarged edition was published in Europe. (Dillingen, 1687.) \ On the contrary, he considered the photographs interesting, as showing to how late a period theart of fine casting had ?*. ^ u Chap. XXXIII. THE ASTROLOGERS OF CAMBALUC 451 printed in 1165-1174. It contains a representation of an armillary sphere, whichappears to me to be much the same as the sphere in question. There is a solidhorizon fixed to a graduated outer circle. Inside the latter is a meridian circle, atright angles to which is a graduated colure ; then the equator, apparently a doublering, and the ecliptic ; also two diametric bars. The cut is rudely executed, but itcertainly shows that some one imagined something more perfect. The instrumentstands on a cross frame, with 4 dragon supporters and a prop in the centre.* It should be remembered that under the Mongol Dynasty the Chinese had muchintercourse with Central Asia; and among others Yelewchootsae, as confidentialminister and astronomer, followed Chinghiz in his Western campaign, held intercoursewith the astronomers of Samarkand, and on his return
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