Observations on the temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli near Naples : with an attempt to explain the causes of the frequent elevation and depression of large portions of the earth's surface in remote periods and to prove that those causes continue in action at the present time : with a supplement of Conjectures on the physical condition of the surface of the moon (1847)
6 BABBAGE ON THE TEMPLE OF SERAPIS. part of a column. There was a tufaceous deposit remaining attached to it, in which were noticed some very small bits of brick : and a simi¬ lar deposit covers the broken angles and the ends of the fragment. There were no marks either of shells or of Serpulse on… … 8. A fragment of the bottom of a column (1), 17 feet long. The upper edge of the calcareous coating (see par. 3) is 6 feet 4 inches from the base; the breadth of the zone about 1 foot; height to lower edge of disintegrated part of column, 8 feet 7 inches. This fragment is perforated on the upper or…
