FLINT OR GLASS SPONGES. Specimens animal skeletons. Cross section 1907 print

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FLINT OR GLASS SPONGES. 1, 8, 5, 6, 7 Various forms of glass sponges. 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Specimens of flint or glass spicules which form the skeleton of the animals. 8 Cross section of a young sponge. . Artist/engraver/cartographer: Scientific American. Provenance: "The Americana "; Editor-in-Chief Frederick Converse Beach, Managing Editor George Edwin Rines, Published by Scientific American Compiling Dep't, New York. Type: Antique book illustration.

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Size: 3424px × 4776px
Location: Animals
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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