CHAPTER VI.

CREMATION, ANCIENT AND MODERN.

Ancient modes of cremation as illustrated by recent burnings in Italy, India, Siam, and North America--Modern experiments in Italy, Germany, and England--The Siemens' apparatus, its construction, perfect working, and economy--Proposed procedure--Disposal of the ashes--Description of cinerary vessels, old and new--Conclusion--Bibliography of the subject 89-130

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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PLATE

I. VIEW OF A SIEMENS' APPARATUS (GERMAN PATTERN).

II. SIEMENS' APPARATUS (ENGLISH PATTERN).

III. SKETCH OF MORTUARY CHAPEL.

IV. URNS.

V. SKETCH OF FAMILY COLUMBARIUM, OR NICHE IN PRIVATE CHAPEL.

VI. URNS IN THE CRYPT AND CHURCH.

CREMATION OF THE DEAD.