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The Cincinnati quarterly journal of science (v. 1)
The Cincinnati quarterly journal of science - v. 1 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tain about it that may be readily demonstrated : the fossil sponge found in the Niagara Group, near Waldron, Indiana, is not siliceous, but is calcareous ; m... more »oreover, it belongs, without much doubt, to the genus Agtylogpongia, though I have no.t seen one polished, to show the spicula, and bears the name among collectors of the Astylospongia prx- morsa. While the Agtyloapongia, from the Niagara Group, in Tennessee, is siliceous, it is calcareous from the contemporaneous strata in Indiana. The philosophy of its fossilization is clearly shown in the article, in this journal, by Harvey B. Holl, of England, and the error of Dr. Roemer, in supposing them to have been siliceous while living, clearly pointed out. It was but natural for Dr. Roemer to'have supposed them all to be siliceous, because he saw none others among his collection from various parts of the world. His mistake, however, illustrates the danger of generalization from a limited number of facts. Indian Mound and Skidls. in Midiigan. Result of Explorations of Mr. Henry Gillman. From the Sixth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard College; Prof. Jeffries Wyman, Curator. [From Am. Jour, of Science and Arts, January, 1874.] A collection made by Mr. Henry Gilman, from a mound on the Detroit river, Michigan, explored by him for the Museum, consists of human remains and various objects buried with the dead. The latter are of the common kinds, such as stone chisels, one of much beauty, made of dorite, and highly polished, a spear point, arrow points, stone pendants, a stone boring tool, beads and ornaments made of shell and copper, an implement made of an antler, a miniature vase of the size of a common thimble," and two large and perfect vases of the oval patte...« less