 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 834 pages
...recorded, which go to prove this property; a few, however, will only be mentioned. "In June, 1717, the, body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peal moor in the isle of Axholin, in Lincolnshire, England. The antique sandals o|l her feet afforded... | |
 | William Scrope - 1839 - 498 pages
...lapse of years ; and particularly the body of a woman was found six feet deep in the Isle of Anxholme in Lincolnshire: the antique sandals on her feet afforded...her having been buried there for many ages ; yet her hair, nails, and skin are described as having shown scarcely any marks of decay.* Thus you might have... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 398 pages
...Hatfield chase, in Yorkshire, but it soon perished on exposure to the a.\r.—Bake,icell's Geol. In 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat moor in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 478 pages
...at Hatfield chase, in Yorkshire, but it soon perished on exposure to the air.—Bakewell's Geol. In 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peat moor in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 pages
...instances they are converted into a peculiar fatty substance, which resembles spermaceti, called adipocirt. In June 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep in a peat-moor, in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried there for... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 pages
...of animal substances in peat. — One interesting circumstance attending the history of peat mosses is the high state of preservation of animal substances...feet deep, in a peatmoor in the Isle of Axholm, in Lincolushire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried there for... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 336 pages
...wool was known. Yet, though thui belonging to a very early period, the body was fresh and unimpaired. In June, 1747, the body of a woman was found, six feet deep, in a peat-moor, in the Isle of Axholme, in Lincolnshire, which showed scarcely any marks of decay, though plainly declared by her... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - 340 pages
...years." He mentions particularly the body of a woman who was found six feet deep in the Isle of Anxholme in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been there for many ages, yet her hair, nails, and skin, are described as having shown scarcely any marks... | |
 | 1865 - 130 pages
...heel, and piked with iron. Such are described by Chaucer as being worn in his time. This certainly afforded evidence of her having been buried there...described as having shown hardly any marks of decay. In a turbary on the estate of the Earl of Moira, in Ireland, a human body was dug up, a foot deep in... | |
 | Anthropological Society of London - 1866 - 530 pages
...if buried deep in moss. In June 1 749, the body of a woman was found, six feet deep, in a peat-mire, in the Isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet showed that she had been buried there for many ages ; yet her nails and hair were as fresh as any person... | |
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... of many years. In June, 1747, the body of a woman was found six feet deep, in a peatmoor in the Isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire. The antique sandals on her feet afforded evidence of her having been buried there for many ages ; yet her nails, hair,... 
