The Nut

<sc>If</sc> the Sperm Whale be physiognomically a Sphinx, to the phrenologist his brain seems that geometrical circle which it is impossible to square. In the full-grown creature the skull will measure at least twenty feet in length. Unhinge the lower jaw, and the side view...

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Melville, Herman, Blum, Hester
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University Press 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198853695.003.0085
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Summary:<sc>If</sc> the Sperm Whale be physiognomically a Sphinx, to the phrenologist his brain seems that geometrical circle which it is impossible to square. In the full-grown creature the skull will measure at least twenty feet in length. Unhinge the lower jaw, and the side view...