. Recreations of a naturalist . Natural history. ANTLERS n and one-seventh carbonate of lime with an appreciable trace of magnesia. The animal matter gives the bone elasticity and tenacity, the earthy matter hardness and 'ROYAL FEOM INVBRNBSS-SHIRE. Deer horn consists of about thirty-nine parts of animal matter and sixty-one parts of earthy matter of the same kind and proportions as is found in ordinary bone. This is the mean of many results of analysis of antlers of different species of deer by different processes, amongst which are very slight. Please note that these images are ex
. Recreations of a naturalist . Natural history. ANTLERS n and one-seventh carbonate of lime with an appreciable trace of magnesia. The animal matter gives the bone elasticity and tenacity, the earthy matter hardness and 'ROYAL FEOM INVBRNBSS-SHIRE. Deer horn consists of about thirty-nine parts of animal matter and sixty-one parts of earthy matter of the same kind and proportions as is found in ordinary bone. This is the mean of many results of analysis of antlers of different species of deer by different processes, amongst which are very slight. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928. London : T. Fisher Unwin
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