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INDUSTRY is represented by the machinist and the miner, each
with the traditional tools of his trade. The advent of modern industry
and commerce was hastened by the Egyptians utilization of great boats
to carry cargo and passengers along the Nile and across the Mediterranean,
In Egypt was developed the first large scale weaving of cotton, linen and
other textiles. The first manufacture of furniture and household objects
took place here; and here, organized man-power first made possible the
construction of great temples and pyramids.
THE SCIENCES are represented by a microscope, a chemical
distillation apparatus, a terrestrial globe, and two figures - one the
physical and the other the chemical scientist. Six thousand years ago,
Egyptian astronomers were first to make highly accurate astronomical
observations. Egyptian mathematicians, well versed in the intricacies
of fractions and the decimal system, developed many mathematical
equations; and other scientists first put to work such primary tools as the
wheel, the plumb line, and the lever.
THE ARTS are represented by three figures. In the background
stands the goddess Athena, patron of learning and of the fine arts. In the
foreground appear an architect and a painter. Music and literature are
symbolized by a violin and a book. The fine arts of the West all had their
origins in ancient Egypt, where sculpture, painting, architecture, and
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