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" ... fish of an area at least a hundred miles from boundary to boundary, perhaps much more. The same platform in Orkney as at Cromarty is strewed thick with remains which exhibit unequivocally the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted,... "
The Old Red Sandstone: Or, New Walks in an Old Field - Page 220
by Hugh Miller - 1854 - 288 pages
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The Old Red Sandstone

Hugh Miller - 1852 - 394 pages
...remains, which exhibit unequivocally the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted, curved; the tail in many instances is bent round to...the full, as in fish that die in convulsions. The Ptcrichthys shows its arms extended at their stiffest angle, as if prepared for an enemy. The attitudes...
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Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity: Delivered at the University of ...

William Henry Ruffner - Apologetics - 1852 - 692 pages
...remains, which exhibit, unequivocally, the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted, curved ; the tail, in many instances, is bent round...spread to the full, as in fish that die in convulsions. Th« attitudes of all the Ichthyolites on this platform are attitudes of fear, anger, and pain. The...
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The Old Red Sandstone: Or, New Walks in an Old Field

Hugh Miller - Geology - 1857 - 342 pages
...exhibit unequivocally the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contract19 * ed, cuived; he tail in many instances is bent round to the head ;...convulsions. The Pterichthys shows its arms extended at their stififest angle, as if prepared for an enemy. The attitudes of all the ichthyolites on this platform...
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The North British Review, Volume 28

English literature - 1858 - 688 pages
...remains, which exhibit unequivocably the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted, curved ; the tail, in many instances, is bent round...to the full, as in fish that die in convulsions." In this case, the illustration is no doubt partial, but there is the recognition of the principle stated...
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The Old Red Sandstone, Or, New Walks in an Old Field: To which is Appended a ...

Hugh Miller - Geology - 1858 - 440 pages
...•>{ violent death. The figures are contorted, contractid, curved ; he tail in many instances is be. t round to the head ; the spines stick out ; the fins are spread to the full, a« in fish that die in convulsions. The Pterichthys shows its arms extended at their stiffest angle,...
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The Old Red Sandstone Or, New Walks in an Old Field

Hugh Miller - Geology - 1865 - 426 pages
...remains which exhibit unequivocally the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted, curved ; the tail in many instances is bent round...stick out ; the fins are spread to the full, as in fishes that die in convulsions. The J'tcrichthys shows its arms extended at their stiffest angle, as...
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Works: The old red sandstone; to which is appended a series of geological papers

Hugh Miller - 1865 - 454 pages
...of violent death. The figures are contorted, contract. ed, curved; he tail in many instances is be^t round to the head ; the spines stick out ; the fins are spread to the full, ai in fish that die in convulsions. The Pterichthys shows its arms extended at their stifFest angle,...
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Analytical Fifth-[sixth] Reader: Containing an Introductory Article on the ...

Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...remains, which exhibit unequivocally tho marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted, curved ; the tail in many instances is bent round...the full, as in fish that die in convulsions. The pterichtJiys shows its arms extended at their stiffest angle, as if prepared for an enemy. The attitudes...
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The Lesser and the Greater Light ...

John Louis Petit - 1869 - 98 pages
...remains which exhibit unequivocally the marks of violent death. The figures are contorted, contracted, curved ; the tail in many instances is bent round...convulsions. The pterichthys shows its arms extended at their stiflest angle as if prepared for an enemy. The attitudes of all the ichthyolites on this platform...
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Robert Dick: Baker, of Thurso, Geologist and Botanist

Samuel Smiles - Botany - 1878 - 534 pages
...They died in agonies. Hugh Miller says — " The figures of the fossil fish are contorted, contracted, curved ; the tail in many instances is bent round...stick out, the fins are spread to the full, as in fishes that die in convulsions. The attitudes of all the Ichthyolites on the platform of death, are...
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