TABLE II. _Greek Fires._ +-----------------+------------------+------------------+------------+---------------+-------------------------+ | Æneas.[54] | Vegetius.[55] | Liber Ignium.[56]| Kyeser.[57]| Wild Fire.[68]| Carcass Composition.[59]| | _cir._ 350 B.C. | _cir._ A.D. 350. | 1200-1225. | 1405. | 1560. | 1903. | +-----------------+------------------+------------------+------------+---------------+-------------------------+ | Sulphur | Sulphur | Sulphur | Sulphur | Sulphur | Sulphur | | | | | | | | | Pitch | Bitumen | Pitch | ... | Pitch | Tallow | | | | | | | | | Pine-wood[60] | Rosin | Sarcocolla[61] | ... | Charcoal | Rosin | | | | | | | | | Incense | Naphtha | Petroleum | Petroleum | Turpentine | Turpentine | | | | | | | | | Tow | ... | Sal Coctus[62] | Salfanium? | Bay Salt | Crude Antimony | | | | | | | | | ... | ... | Oil of Gemma | ... | ... | ... | | | | | | | | | ... | ... | Tartarum[63] | Saltpetre | Saltpetre | Saltpetre | +-----------------+------------------+------------------+------------+---------------+-------------------------+ In such ways were incendiaries employed by the Greeks for nearly eleven centuries after the siege of Platæa. During this long period the composition was of course improved, and the mixture of the seventh century A.D. burned more fiercely, and was harder to put out than that of the fourth century B.C.; but nevertheless the two mixtures were of the same species. At length, in the decade 670-80, a new species was devised. For the sake of clearness, the old incendiary mixtures will henceforward be called Greek fire; the new one “sea-fire.”