 THE bones, in this composition, have not the fmalleft appearance of being petrified ; and if they have undergone any change, it is more like that of calcination than that of petrifaction, as the moft folid parts of them generally admit of being cut and...  The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Síða 1481799Heildartexta - Um bókina
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1798 - 660 síður
...fituations above defcribed, and having remained for a long feries of years in thofe places of reft, expofed to the permeating action of water, have become enveloped...calcareous matter which it depofits. THE bones, in this composition, have not the fmalleft appearance of being petrified ; and if they have undergone any change,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1799 - 652 síður
...action of water, have become eavelpped in, and cemented by, the calcareous matter which it depofíts. The bones in this compofition have not the fmalleft...that of calcination than that of petrifaction, as the moil folid parts of them generally admit of being cut and fcraped down with the fame eafe as chalk.... | |
 | 1799 - 648 síður
...fituations above defcribed, and having remained for a long feries of years in thofe places of reft, expofed to the permeating action of water, have become enveloped...have not the fmalleft appearance of being petrified j and if they have undergone any change, it is more like that of calcination than that of petrifaction,... | |
 | 1799 - 958 síður
...fituatiorj? above defcribed, and having remained for a long feries of years in thofe places of reft, expofed to the permeating action of water, have become enveloped...by, the calcareous matter which it depofits. " The bones^in this, compofilion, have not the fmalleft appearance of being petrified ; and if they have... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1799 - 614 síður
...having remained for a long feries of years in thofe places of reft, expofed to the permeating aftion of water, have become enveloped in, and cemented by,...calcareous matter which it depofits. ' The bones, in this composition, have not the fmalleft appearance of being petrified ; and if they have undergone any change,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 síður
...by, the calcareous matter which it deposits. ' The bones, in this composition, have not the smallest appearance of being petrified ; and if they have undergone...that of calcination than that of petrifaction, as the most solid parts of them generally admit of being cut and scraped down with the same ease as chalk.... | |
 | 1809 - 954 síður
...situations above described, and having remained for a long series of years in those places of rest, exposed to the permeating action of water, have become enveloped...in, and cemented by, the calcareous matter which it deposits. " The bones, in this composition, have not the smallest appearance of being petrified ; and... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 síður
...by, the calcareous matter which it deposits. The bones, in this composition, have not the smallest appearance of being petrified ; and if they have undergone...that of calcination than that of petrifaction, as the most solid parts of 'them generally admit of being cut and scraped down with the same ease as chalk.... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 síður
...situations above described, and having remained for » long series of years in those places of rest, exposed to the permeating action of water, have become enveloped...in, and cemented by, the calcareous matter which it deposits. The bones, in this composition, have not the smallest appearance of being petrified ; and... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 síður
...surrounded by the calcareous matter which it deposits. The bones in the composition have not the smallest appearance of being petrified ; and if they have undergone...any change, it is more like that of calcination than petrification, as the most solid parts of them generally admit of being cut and scraped down with the... | |
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