 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 pages
...peat-mosses, is the high state of preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In June 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet...skin, are described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. In a turbany on the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foet... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...peat-mosses, is the high state of preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In June, 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet...skin, are described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. In a turbary on the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1832 - 368 pages
...peatmosses is the high state of preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In June, 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet...skin, are described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. In a turbary on the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 474 pages
...state of preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In June, 1 747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat-moor in the Isle of Axholrn, in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1836 - 396 pages
...Hatfield chase, in Yorkshire, but it soon perished on exposure to the air. — Bdkewell's Gcol. In 1717, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat moor in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried... | |
 | William Scrope - 1838 - 490 pages
...lapse of years ; and particularly the body of a woman was found six feet deep in the Isle of Anxholme in Lincolnshire: the antique sandals on her feet afforded...her having been buried there for many ages; yet her hair, nails, and skin are described as having shown scarcely any marks of decay.* Thus you might have... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 782 pages
...recorded, which go to prove this property; a few, however, will only be mentioned. "In June, 1717, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat moor in the isle of Axholin, in Lincolnshire, England. The antique sandals on her (eet afforded... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - Agriculture - 1838 - 834 pages
...recorded, which go to prove this property; a few, however, will only be mentioned. "In June, 1717, the, body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peal moor in the isle of Axholin, in Lincolnshire, England. The antique sandals o|l her feet afforded... | |
 | William Scrope - Deer - 1839 - 498 pages
...lapse of years ; and particularly the body of a woman was found six feet deep in the Isle of Anxholme in Lincolnshire: the antique sandals on her feet afforded...her having been buried there for many ages ; yet her hair, nails, and skin are described as having shown scarcely any marks of decay.* Thus you might have... | |
 | sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1840 - 504 pages
...preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In * Essays, &c., p. 74. June, 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet...skin, are described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. On the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot deep in gravel,... | |
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One interesting circumstance attending the history of peatmosses is the high state of preservation of animal substances buried in them for periods of many years. In June, 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peatmoor in the Isle of... 
