CHAPTER XI.

IN THE SCIENCES 112-122

Marvelous Intellectual Superiority of Moors and Jews.--Moors Excel the Jews in the Sciences.--They Introduce the Mathematical Sciences. Their Progress in Astronomy.--Absurd Refutations by the Christian Clergy.--The Researches into Chemistry, Zoology and Geology.--They Anticipate Modern Discoveries.--Europe's Ingratitude.