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Home > History and Archaeology > History > Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology; Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells; With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; And Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells. [By Charles Woda
Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology; Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells; With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; And Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells. [By Charles Woda

Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology; Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells; With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; And Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells. [By Charles Woda


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 edition. Excerpt: ... mark of distinction is, that most of the species have their whorls divided into separate compartments or chambers, which are connected by a little tube or pipe (syphon), which runs spirally throughout the shell. This syphon is sometimes central in the shell, and sometimes contiguous to the surface. The Nautilus Pompilius, when bisected, exhibits in an eminent degree the pearly comcamerations for which this genus is famous. The inhabitants of the East often convert fine specimensof the above species intodrinkingcups, whose surface they carve into various devices and ornaments; they also frequently remove the outer coating entirely, and thereby bring the shell to a beautiful pearly mass. The umbilicated varieties of this species are accounted exceedingly scarce. The general form of the Nautili is mostly spiral or scroll-like, some having tbeir whorls contiguous, as the Pompilius, calcar, crispus, &c. and others having them detached or separated, as the spirula, &e. But others, again, have a very different formation, being tooth or funnel-shaped, almost like some of the Dentalia; such are the fascia, legumen, obliquus, &c. The size of the Nautili differs exceedingly; some are so small as only to be defined by the microscope, while others, on the contrary, (especially some of the fossil species), have been known to exceed two feet in diameter. Some species of this genus are found adhering to coral rocks, the siphunculus for instance, is often broughtfroni the coral reefs on the Sicilian shores. Among the three or four fossil species, the Nautilus helicites is worthy of notice, as coming from St. Peter's Mountain at Maestricht. The Nautilus belemnita, or thunder-stone, is also remarkable, on account of its being considered by the vulgar as ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236205599
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236205596
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr

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