 | Lionel Charlton - Whitby (England) - 1779 - 430 pages
...fkeleton, or petrified bones, of a man, which they dug up : But, though they ufed the utmoft caution, it was broken into many pieces, and greatly mutilated, before it could be .taken out. However, in the condition it then was, they fent it to one of our univerfities, as a great curiofity.... | |
 | Thomas Hinderwell - Scarborough (England) - 1811 - 458 pages
...visible. In 1743 the Rev. Mr. Berwick and others discovered in the Alum-rock the complete skeleton or petrified bones of a man ; but though the utmost caution...many pieces, and greatly mutilated before it could be removed. In 1750 a complete ossification was found on the north side of the east-pier, not far from... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1903 - 666 pages
...skeleton or petrified bones of a man, which they dupf up : But though they used the utmost caution, it was broken into many pieces, and greatly mutilated, before it could be taken out. However, in the condition it then was they sent it to one of our universities as a great curiosity."... | |
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About the year 1743, the Rev Mr. Berwick, found in the A!um-rock, the complete skeleton, of petrified bones of a man ; but though the utmost caution was used it was broken into many pieces, and greatly mutilated before it could be taken out. 