Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 474
UNG FOLKS. 461 IMITATING A BIRDS NEST. One of natures curious freaks is shown inthe accompanying illustration of a calcitebirds nest. The eggs were not laid bya bird, as might easily be supposed from theirappearance, but were formed in one of the hotmineral springs at Reichelsdorf in Germany. Each… … THE CALCITE BIRDS NEST. Photograph from George L. English & Co., New York City. the concretions are formed around a minutegrain of sand or some other body. As thedeposit grows thicker, of course the concretionincreases in size. The rounded forms are dueto the even deposition of the material and…
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