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The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)

Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 162

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Fig. 111. Stone Implements from Shetland, shaped by flaking.Ill weighs 5 pounds 10 ounces, and is 14J inches long,very large, but their weights and length are not known.Ill to 115 may be fragments of long implements. Fig. 113. Frequent form. Fig.Figs. 112 and 113 wereIt is possible that Figs. Rude… … Fig. 115. Stone Implements, shaped by flaking. Probably fragments. Frequent form.Fig. 114 was found at the end of a small kist in a barrow near the circle ofBookan in Sandwick, Orkney. It weighs 2 pounds 9 ounces, and is 9£ inches long.Fig. 115, from Shetland, weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces, and is 7…

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