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1927] treated on pages 191-206. There are more than one hundred quotations from the Rhind papyrus (pages 65-458) in illustration of grammatical questions, and most of them are translated into English.

Two notable earlier works are: (1) H. K. Brugsch, Grammaire Hieroglyphigue contenant les principes généraux de la langue et de l'écriture sacrées de anciens Égyptiens, Leipzig, 1872, 136 pp.; "Du systéme de la numération," pp. 32-35; (2) A. Erman, Ägyptische Grammatik mit Schrifttafel, Lieteratur, Lesestücken and Wörterverzeichnis, dritte völlig umgestaltete Auﬂage, Leipzig, 1911, 16 + 324 + 24* pp.; "Zahlworte," pp. 129-133. For a supplement to this see P. Lacau, "Notes de Grammaire à propos de la Grammaire Égyptienne de M. Erman," Recueil de Travaux relatifs à la Philologie et à l'Archéologie. ., vol. 35, 1913, pp. 80-81.

, La Science Egyptienne: l’Arithmétique au Moyen Empire. Paris, 1927, 8vo, 264 pp.

, "War die Wissenschaft der alten Ægypter wirklich nur praktisch?", Isis, vol. 9, February, 1927, pp. 11-28.

The question in the title is answered by the author in the negative. In support of his thoroughly documented argument he refers to work of the Egyptians in art, in medicine, in astronomy, but especially in mathematics.