Cuprum oxygenizatum Finish:Stretched Sternum and ribs of a

Sternum and ribs of a female dugong

A man shows a boy round the cemetery

'The head of an ox thrown into convulsive motions by the influence of six galvanic batteries'

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Nautilus farctus fig

Cuprum oxygenizatum Finish:Stretched Sternum and ribs of aSpecimens of octahedral cuprite crystals, here termed 'crystallized red oxide of copper'. Plate 53 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that 'Some of the crystallized red oxides of copper deserve from their lustre the appellation of Ruby Coppers The present fin specimen has more of the steel like