The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 124
d andthe steel and flint are shown. The flint was bought in a shop in Thornhill, wherethere were many hundreds for sale. The Tinder-Box is 4£ inches in diameterand If inches deep. appeared, that it is very difficult to obtain a specimen, and THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. 101 we are already in ignorance… … Fig. 79.—A Crusie fromShetland, where it is calleda Collie. Fig. 80.—A Crusie in stand, fromthe Collection in the National Mu-seum of Antiquities, Edinburgh. millions of them in Scotland, and now they have a place incollections of antiquities, and can only be bought at a con-siderable price (Figs.…
Archaeology · Civilization
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