The Art of Weighing was first employed for Gold 112 CHAPTER VI. The Gold Unit everywhere the value of a Cow 124 CHAPTER VII. The Weight Systems of China and Further Asia 155 CHAPTER VIII. How were Primitive Weight Units fixed? 169 CHAPTER IX. Statement and Criticism of the Old Doctrines 195 PART II. CHAPTER X. The Systems of Egypt, Babylon, and Palestine 234 CHAPTER XI. The Lydian and Persian Systems 293 CHAPTER XII. The Greek, Sicilian, Italian and Roman Systems. Conclusion 304 Appendix A 389 Appendix B 391 Appendix C 394 Index 407 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FIG. PAGE 1. Cowrie Shell 13 2. Wampum 14 3. Al-li-ko-chik 15 4. Burmese silver shell money 22 5. Chinese hoe money 23 6. Fish-hook money 28 7. Siamese silver bullet money 29 8. Silvered brass bars 30 9. Rings found in the tombs of Mycenae 37 10. Gold rings found in Ireland 38 11. West African axe money 40 12. Old Calabar copper-wire formerly used as money 41 13. Irish bronze fibulae and West African manillas 42 14. Ancient British Coins 93 15. Barbarous imitation of Drachm of Massalia 111 16. Gold Stater of Philip of Macedon 125 17. Persian Daric 126 18. Gold Stater of Diodotus of Bactria 126 19. Egyptian wall painting showing the weighing of gold rings 128 20. Regenbogenschüssel 140 21. Chinese knife money 157