'Silex arenacea' by James Sowerby

'Silex arenacea'

James Sowerby

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'Silex arenacea'

James Sowerby

Fossil shells in sandstone, here termed 'calcereous sandstone'. Plate 15 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that 'Masses of this...were found at near twelve feet deep in a lightly gravel stratum, in cutting the canal at the Isle of Dogs...' The plate is inscribed: 'Feb. 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.'

Original: engraving. 1803

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