 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - Science - 1798 - 660 pages
...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 - Chemistry - 1799 - 652 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Books - 1799 - 614 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...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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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... 