| John Evans - Flint - 1860 - 92 pages
...following expression of opinion from Professor Ramsay, a thoroughly competent judge in such a matter: "For more than twenty years, like others of my craft,...as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle." — (Athaeneum, July 16, 1859.) b See Wilson's Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, p. 121. B 1. Flint flakes,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1860 - 612 pages
...expressed. The geologists to a man believe them to be human productions. Professor Ramsay says : " For more than twenty years, like others of my craft,...flint hatchets of Amiens and Abbeville seem to me to be as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle."* The opinion of Dr. Mantell, already referred... | |
| Industrial arts - 1860 - 452 pages
...some advantages in dealing with the question. For more than twenty years, like others of my eraft, I have daily handled stones, whether fashioned by...Art; and the flint hatchets of Amiens and Abbeville Beem to me as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle. It does not matter whether they occur... | |
| 1862 - 628 pages
...difference of opinion as to the weapons themselves. " For more than twenty years," says Prof. Ramsay, " I have daily handled stones, whether fashioned by..." clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle."* It will be better however to quote from the candid sceptic in Blackwood. " They bear," he admits (p.... | |
| Science - 1863 - 530 pages
...precludes the idea of their being modern productions accidentally misplaced. Professor Ramsay observes, "for more than twenty years, like others of my craft,...whether fashioned by nature or art ; and the flint stones of Amiens and Abbeville seem to me as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle." Wo ought... | |
| John Laws Milton - 1864 - 668 pages
...Scientific World !) Professor Ramsay, than whom no one could be a more competent judge, observes, " For more than twenty years, like others of my craft,...as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle." The conclusion therefore which was legitimately come to from all the facts, was that the flint tools... | |
| 1864 - 584 pages
...to their containing the '• flint instruments." Many of the latter are said to be not at all unlike some stone implements used to this day, as hatchets...handled stones, whether fashioned by nature or art, aud the flint hatchets of Amiens and Abbeville seem to me as clearly works of art as any Sheffield... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...the skill of man." " For more than twenty years," says another competent witness — Prof. Ramsay, " I have daily handled stones, whether fashioned by...as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle."* But best of all, an hour or two spent in examining the forms of ordinary flint gravel, would, I am... | |
| 1866 - 992 pages
...the skill of man." Professor Ramsay's testimony is even stronger, — " For more than twenty years I have daily handled stones, whether fashioned by...as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle." But are we therefore forced to admit, that because these flints undoubtedly show the marks of human... | |
| Industrial arts - 1867 - 460 pages
...comparative facility, and their daily occupations give them some advantages in dealing with the question. For more than twenty years, like others of my craft,...as clearly works of art as any Sheffield whittle. It does not matter whether they occur under unexpected circumstances or not. The question is, Is there... | |
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