Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954 · New York, R. M. McBride & co. · leaf 69
ly fossil shells,sea urchins or other objects which are rounded or 46 THE BOY COLLECTORS HANDBOOK irregular in shape—is to mount them upon littlecolumns or pillars of plaster. The column is easilymade by filling a greased paper form or a smallpillbox with plaster and just before the latter ishard… … Fig. 9. Fossil shells may be mounted on little columns of plaster Comparison with figures in books or with mu-seum specimens will make the identification of mostfossils easy and the more you collect and studythem the more fascinated you will become in thesepetrified plants and animals of past ages.…
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