. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. <U4 KFl'OKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904: limestone occurring at Chelmsford, Bolton, and Boxboro, in Massa- chusetts, and arrived at the conclusion that the limestones were not themselves of a sedimentary, but a vein-like character, and that con- sequently the Eozoon itself, as there occurring-, must be of mineral and not organic origin. Meantime the study of micro-petrography was steadily advancing, and it was noticeable that none of the wo
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. <U4 KFl'OKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904: limestone occurring at Chelmsford, Bolton, and Boxboro, in Massa- chusetts, and arrived at the conclusion that the limestones were not themselves of a sedimentary, but a vein-like character, and that con- sequently the Eozoon itself, as there occurring-, must be of mineral and not organic origin. Meantime the study of micro-petrography was steadily advancing, and it was noticeable that none of the workers along these newly developed lines of research were disposed to regard the Eozoon as of other than inorganic origin. Prof. T. G. Bonney, of St. John's Col- lege, Cambridge, England, who in 1876 announced his opposition to the theory of organic origin, in 1884 visited one of the most noted of the Canadian localities in company with Doctor Dawson, and published the results of his observations in the Geological Magazine for 1895, but contented himself with describing the mode of occurrence and structure of the mass without committing himself further as to its. ^v>';#-~-^fe^ ? ^^s. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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