Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable Materials

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable Materials: In the Museum of the Royal Irish AcademyIt is only fair to him to state that the difficulty of the undertaking was greatly increased by the circum stance that, almost during the whole period of his labours, the Museum was in the occupation of the workmen employed by the Board of Works in put ting up glass-cases, &c., , as well as in the painting and decoration of the Room.Owing to this circumstance, together with the shortness of the time, it was not possible to do all that might be wished, especially as it was necessary to have the whole, as far as possible, completed before the Meeting of the British Association on the 26th of this month.The remainder of the Catalogue is in progress, but it is hoped that the Part now published will be a suffi cient evidence to the Academy of the zeal and inde fatigable diligence of the compiler. It contains a description of the articles composed of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable Materials - a classification which, on the whole, was deemed most convenient. It has also been illustrated by 159 engravings on wood, drawn by Mr. Du Noyer and Mr. Wakeman, and cut by Mr. Hanlon and Mr. Oldham and it is hoped that these illustra tions will add not only to the interest, but also to the permanent value and authority of the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.