The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 155
Fig. 102.—Smoothing-stone from Glencairn, Dumfriesshire (5£ inches long).Heavy spar. Polished on sides and ends. vol. i. p. 280.) Another stone of this shape came to Dr.Duns from Bathgate, but its smaller size, and the pointedform of one of its ends, perhaps make it doubtful whetherit is really a… … Fig. 103.—Smoothing-stone from Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (3i inches long).Blackhand ironstone. Carefully shaped. Very few, if any, of the worked stones, of which I havespoken, can be properly called tools. None of them certainlycan be called either cutting tools, or weapons of war, orimplements of…
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