. The testimony of the rocks; . beyond the reach of the architect, and illustrative,in almost all, of his happiest forms and proportions. Wedetect among the fossils the germs of numerous designsdeveloped in almost every department of art; but merelyto enumerate them would require a volume. One form ofthe old classic lamp was that of the nautilus; another, thatof Gyphma mcurva ; the zigzag mouldings of the NormanGothic may be found in the carinated oysters of the Green-sand; the more delicate frettings of similar form whichroughened the pillars of a somewhat later age occur onConularia and the
. The testimony of the rocks; . beyond the reach of the architect, and illustrative,in almost all, of his happiest forms and proportions. Wedetect among the fossils the germs of numerous designsdeveloped in almost every department of art; but merelyto enumerate them would require a volume. One form ofthe old classic lamp was that of the nautilus; another, thatof Gyphma mcurva ; the zigzag mouldings of the NormanGothic may be found in the carinated oysters of the Green-sand; the more delicate frettings of similar form whichroughened the pillars of a somewhat later age occur onConularia and the dorsal spines of Gyi-acanthus. The oldcorals, too, abound in ornamental patterns, which man,unaware of their existence at the time, devised long afterfor himself. In an article on calico printing, wliich formspart of a receiTt history of Lancashire, there are a few of, DO* 258 GEOLOGY IN ITS BEARINGS the patterns introduced, backed by tbe recommendationthat they were the most successful ever tried. Of one of Fig. 105. Fig,
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