 | English essays - 1823 - 714 pages
...resembling mummy powder, and being of the same nature with the black earth in which they «re embedded. The quantity of animal matter accumulated on this...surprising, and the only thing of the kind I ever witnessed ; and many hundred, I may say thousand, individuals must have contributed their remains to... | |
 | William Buckland - Caves - 1824 - 378 pages
...covering the whole floor, to a depth which must average at least six feet, and which, if we multiply this depth by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed 5000 cubic feet. The whole of this mass has been again and again dug over in search of teeth and bones,... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...covering the whole floor, to a depth which must average at least six feet, and which, if we multiply this depth by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed 6000 cubic feet. The whole of this mass has been again and again dug over in search of teeth and bones,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1825 - 506 pages
...covering the whole floor to a depth which must average at least six feet, and which, if we multiply this depth by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed 5000 cubic feet. The whole of this mass has been again and again dug over in search of teeth and bones,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1836 - 396 pages
...large church, there are hundreds of cart loads of black animal dust, entirely covering the whole floor. The quantity of animal matter accumulated, on this...surprising, and the only thing of the kind I ever witnessed; and many hundred, I may say thousand, individuals must have contributed to Of the same cave,... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 pages
...covering the whole floor, to a depth which must average at least six feet, and which, if we multiply this depth by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed 5000 cubic feet. Dr. Buckland observes, ' Many hundred, I may say thousand, individuals must have contributed... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1841 - 398 pages
...large church, there are hundreds of cart loads of black animal dust, entirely covering the whole floor. The quantity of animal matter accumulated, on this...surprising, and the only thing of the kind I ever witnessed; and many hundred, I may say thousand, individuals must have contributed to The immense quantities... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1841 - 478 pages
...church, there are hundreds of cart loads of black animal dust, entirely covering 1 the whole floor. The quantity of animal matter accumulated, on this...surprising, and the only thing of the kind I ever witnessed; and many hundred, I may say thousand, individuals must have contributed to Of the same cave,... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 pages
...cart-loads of black animal dust, entirely covering the whole floor, to such a depth, that if we multiply it by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed 5000 cubic feet. The whole of this mass has been again and again dug over in search of teeth and bones,... | |
 | John Phillips - Geology - 1855 - 704 pages
...covering the whole floor, to a depth which must average at least six feet, and which, if we multiply this depth by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed 5,000 cubic feet. The whole of this mass has been again and again dug over in search of teeth and bones,... | |
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depth by the length and breadth of the cavern, will be found to exceed five thousand cubic feet The quantity of animal matter accumulated on this floor is the most surprising and the only thing of the kind I ever 
