. Dawn of life: being the history of the oldest known fossil remains, and their relation to geological time and to the development of the animal kingdom. Paleontology; Eozoon; Life. THE HISTOEY OP A DISCOVERY. 41 and of serpentine marbles of aU the varieties f urnislied by our collections. These were examined with ordi- nary and polarized lights and with every variety of illumination. Dr. Hunt, on his part, undertook the chemical investigation of the various associated minerals. An extensive series of notes and camera tracings were made of all the appearances observed;. Fig. 10. Group of Canal
. Dawn of life: being the history of the oldest known fossil remains, and their relation to geological time and to the development of the animal kingdom. Paleontology; Eozoon; Life. THE HISTOEY OP A DISCOVERY. 41 and of serpentine marbles of aU the varieties f urnislied by our collections. These were examined with ordi- nary and polarized lights and with every variety of illumination. Dr. Hunt, on his part, undertook the chemical investigation of the various associated minerals. An extensive series of notes and camera tracings were made of all the appearances observed;. Fig. 10. Group of Canals in the Supplemental Skeleton of Eozoon. Taken from the specimen in wMch they were first recognised. Magnified. and of some of the more important structures beauti- ful drawings were executed by the late Mr. H. S. Smith, the then palseontological draughtsman of the Survey. The result of the whole investigation was a firm conviction that the structure was organic and foraminiferal, and that it could be distinguished from any merely mineral or crystalline forms occur- ring in these or other 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 Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899. London, Hodder & Stoughton
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