IX. On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston. By Joseph Whidbey, Esq. F. R. S. in a letter addressed to John Barrow, Esq. F. R. S. to which is added, a description of the bones by Mr. William Clift, Conservator of the Museum of the College of Surgeons
- 31 December 1823
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
- Vol. 113, 78-90
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1823.0011
Abstract
Dear Sir, In continuing to quarry the lime-stone rock at Oreston, in Catwater, near Plymouth, for the use of the Breakwater, the workmen came to another cave, containing many teeth and bones, which I have sent to you to be disposed of as you may please to direct for the benefit of science, this being the third cave, found in these quarries, containing teeth and bones: an account of the two former have been already published in the Philosophical Transactions. It is not my intention to give any description of the fossils now found, but I shall content myself with merely describing the situation in which they were discovered, together with the state and appearance of the rock.Keywords
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