Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils

Geology is of all "hobbies" the one best calculated not only to develop the physical powers, but also, if pursued with any degree of earnestness, to train and extend the mental...

The Sphaerococcidae include both membranaceous and cartilaginous species. Of the latter is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius, which cannot easily be mistaken, owing to the numerous b...

The very gelatinous plants require particular treatment. One way is to put them in drying paper and under a board but to apply no other pressure, change the drying paper at leas...

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When the specimens are thoroughly cleaned, the next process is to sort out the different kinds, placing each description in a different tray, and then to get them ready for moun...

_c._ _Gault_, a stiff blue clay abounding in fossils: Ammonites often retaining their pearly shell; Belemnites, a bivalve with very deep furrows on it (_Inoccramus sulcatus_), a...

The first thing to be done on unpacking our specimens is to pick out those which require the least attention, and get them out of the way. These will be your rock specimens, whi...

2. The _Mactridae_ are somewhat triangular in shape, and may be at once recognised by the pit for the hinge-ligament, which also assumes that form, as seen in the accompanying f...

As there appear to be section and subsections in the second and third units (Shells and Fossils) of this book, Tables of Contents were created for the electronic edition. A numb...