Cosmic theory of primes
Publisher: Printed by F.S. Blanchard & Co.
Published: 1894
Place of publication: Worcester, Mass
Language: eng
Copyright date: 1894
Subjects: Indians; Antiquities; Religion; Description and travel
Notes: In portfolios.

Each part has special title; general title taken from t.-p. of pt. II and from cover of pts. A, B, and (B) pt. I.

A collection of plates, diagrams, notes, etc., designed to illustrate the author's theory of the relation of aboriginal American mythology to the early religions of the Old world. For a statement of the outlines of this theory see the biographical sketch of Major Beebe, in U.S. Military Academy. Association of the graduates [Report of the] thirtieth annual reunion, 1899, p. 98-103.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. General views. Peru, Bolivia. (1 p. l., 21 numb. pl.); title: pt. II. Great dial, Tia-huanacu, Bolivia ... Cosmic theory of primes. (2 p. l., 22-54 numb. 1. (incl. plates)); title: pt. III. Series exhibiting the influence of the Tia-hunanacu dial in both the Americas. (1 p. l., 41 numb. 1., incl. plates); title: pt. IV. American inscriptions. Mithraic tablet. (obverse) Davenport, Iowa. (1 p. l., 52 numb. 1. (incl. plates, plans, tables, diagrs.)); title: pt. V. American inscriptions. The Pemberton axe, Pemberton, N.J. The Piqua tablets, Piqua, Ohio. Primitive alphabetical types. Advance sheets. (2 p. l., 26 numb. 1. (incl. plates, tables)); title: [pt.] A. Plates. Half-tones from negatives taken by Thomas A. Painter in Peru-Bolivia for Major William S. Beebe. (cover-title. 36 numb. pl.); title: [pt.] B. Plates. Numerical evidence in favor of the wide distribution of the theory of primes. (cover-title, 51 numb. 1. (incl. plates, tables)); title: [pt.] (B) pt. I. Plates. The Mithraic tablet, (obverse), found at Davenport, Iowa. (cover-title, 1 p. l., 29 numb. 1. (incl. plates, tables, diagrs.))