 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835 - 500 Seiten
...them into ironstone or ferruginous conglomerate, -jPreservation of animal substances in peat. — One interesting circumstance attending the history of...described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. On the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot deep in gravel, covered... | |
 | John Holland - 1835 - 516 Seiten
...animal substances are preserved entire for a great number of years. Many such instances are on record. In June 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet...skin are described as having shown hardly any marks BODIES PRESERVED IN PEAT. 49 of decay. A pair of sandals taken from the feet of a body so found in... | |
 | John Holland - 1835 - 514 Seiten
...animal substances are preserved entire for a great number of years. Many such instances are on record. In June 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet...skin are described as having shown hardly any marks BODIES PRESERVED IN PEAT. 49 of decay. A pair of sandals taken from the feet of a body so found in... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 474 Seiten
...state of preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In June, 1 747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat-moor in the Isle of Axholrn, in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1836 - 396 Seiten
...Hatfield chase, in Yorkshire, but it soon perished on exposure to the air. — Bdkewell's Gcol. In 1717, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat moor in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 584 Seiten
...them into iron stone or ferruginous conglomerate.t Preservation of animal substances in peat. — One interesting circumstance attending the history of...described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. On the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot deep in gravel, covered... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 468 Seiten
...interesting circumstance attending the history of peat* Essays, &c., p. 74. f Ibid-, P- 347. mosses is the high state of preservation of animal substances...described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. On the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot deep in gravel, covered... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 582 Seiten
...attending the history of peat-moves is the high state of preservation of animal substances buried in then for periods of many years. In June, 1747, the body...described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. On the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot deep in gravel, covered... | |
 | William Scrope - 1838 - 490 Seiten
...lapse of years ; and particularly the body of a woman was found six feet deep in the Isle of Anxholme in Lincolnshire: the antique sandals on her feet afforded...her having been buried there for many ages; yet her hair, nails, and skin are described as having shown scarcely any marks of decay.* Thus you might have... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 782 Seiten
...recorded, which go to prove this property; a few, however, will only be mentioned. "In June, 1717, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat moor in the isle of Axholin, in Lincolnshire, England. The antique sandals on her (eet afforded... | |
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In June, 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat-moor in the Isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried there for many ages ; yet her nails, hair, and skin are described... 
