Transcriber’s Notes:
Punctuation has been standardized.
Roman numerals have been standarized as capital letters.
Words printed in red in the original text have been displayed by indenting the block of text.
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless noted in the text.
THE BOOK OF DANIEL UNLOCKED
BY
W. S. AUCHINCLOSS, C.E.
AUTHOR OF “LINK AND VALVE MOTIONS” (PUBLISHED IN BERLIN AS,
SCHEIBER-UND COULISSENSTEURUNGEN. PUBLISHED IN HOLLAND
AS, STOOMSCHUIF-EN SCHAARBEWEGINEN). AUTHOR OF
“NINETY DAYS IN THE TROPICS,” ALSO OF
“WATERS WITHIN THE EARTH AND
LAWS OF RAINFALL”
INTRODUCTION BY
A. H. SAYCE, LL.D.
Queen’s College, Oxford, England
NEW YORK
FOR SALE BY
D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY
SCIENTIFIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
23 MURRAY STREET
1905
Copyright, 1905
BY
W. S. AUCHINCLOSS
DORNAN, PRINTER,
PHILADELPHIA
Queen’s College, Oxford.
September 4, 1902.
Mr. Auchincloss has asked me to prefix a few words of introduction to his book:
There is little to say, as the book tells its own tale—clear and to the point.
He has very rightly taken the sidereal year as the basis of his calculations; any other system of computation ends only in difficulties.
But the reader will find other novelties, not the least among them being the fact that the prophecies of Daniel are made to end with the beginning of the history of the Christian Church, instead of lengthening out into a still unknown future; this is a great advance on previous interpreters. And he will doubtless be struck by calculations according to which the 1290 Days of the Hebrew Prophet terminated in A.D. 33.
8 Assouan, Egypt,
January 17, 1905.
Thus far I had written in 1902. Since then the public has shown that it can appreciate good work by the rapidity with which copy after copy of Mr. Auchincloss’ little book has been called for. It is now issued once more with additions and improvements, but otherwise in an unchanged form.
There is one paragraph in it to which the Assyriologist is now able to add a few words. Mr. Auchincloss