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Excerpt from Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology: Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells: With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; And Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells
IT is a circumstance no less to be lamented than wonder ed at, that, in the present. Enlightened age, when the culti vation of science, and natural history in particular, is so eminently conspicuous, Conchology, or the natural history of shells, should have participated so sparingly of that ao tive spirit of research and investigation, which has been so.
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Excerpt from Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology: Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells: With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; And Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells
IT is a circumstance no less to be lamented than wonder ed at, that, in the present. Enlightened age, when the culti vation of science, and natural history in particular, is so eminently conspicuous, Conchology, or the natural history of shells, should have participated so sparingly of that ao tive spirit of research and investigation, which has been so.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Wodarch's Introduction to the Study of Conchology: Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells: With Observations on the Nature and Properties of the Animals; And Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Cleaning Shells
Acuminated, terminated in a sharp point.
Anterior, (in Univalves the part which forms the spire: (in Bivalves), see Margin.
Aperture, the orifice or opening of the shell; it is called angular, when its circumference has several angles: bimarginated, when the right lip forms a double margin: coarcfrtfe, contracted: compressed, flattened: gaping, when one of the extremities is wider than the other: linear, when nanow, and the length greatly exceeds the breadth: transverse, when the breadth is greater than the length, (These terms are applied to Univalves).
Apex, the tip or small end of a shell.
Articulated, (applied to Multivalves), when the different pieces of which the shell is composed are so strongly united, that they appear to forai one shell: (when applied to Bivalves, see Teeth.
Anriculated, having ears.
Base, (applied to Multivalves), the part on which the shell is supported: (to Uuivalves) the most elevated part of the shell opposite to the spire.
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