XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S

A short time after a very violent earthquake that occurred in the island of Sumatra, in the year 1797, these uncommon productions of nature were discovered the violence of the concussion was more particularly confined to that part of the island situated on the sea coast, between two degrees of the e...

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spelling crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstl.1806.0014 2024-06-02T08:10:12+00:00 XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S 1806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1806.0014 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1806.0014 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London volume 96, page 269-275 ISSN 0261-0523 2053-9223 journal-article 1806 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1806.0014 2024-05-07T14:16:33Z A short time after a very violent earthquake that occurred in the island of Sumatra, in the year 1797, these uncommon productions of nature were discovered the violence of the concussion was more particularly confined to that part of the island situated on the sea coast, between two degrees of the equator north and south, and to the islands adjacent. Its effects were most severely felt at Padang many lives were lost, and considerable damage sustained, by a most tre­mendous inundation of the sea this was also experienced at the low island of Battoo, distant from the coast of Sumatra about twenty leagues. These shells were procured in a small sheltered bay, with nuddy bottom, surrounded by coral reefs, on the island of Battoo upon the sea receding from the bay after the inundation they were seen protruding from a bank of slightly-indurated mud, and two or three broken specimens were brought to me at Padang, by the master of a boat trading between that port and the island, for cocoa-nut oil, sea slug, &c. Article in Journal/Newspaper Low Island The Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 96 269 275
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description A short time after a very violent earthquake that occurred in the island of Sumatra, in the year 1797, these uncommon productions of nature were discovered the violence of the concussion was more particularly confined to that part of the island situated on the sea coast, between two degrees of the equator north and south, and to the islands adjacent. Its effects were most severely felt at Padang many lives were lost, and considerable damage sustained, by a most tre­mendous inundation of the sea this was also experienced at the low island of Battoo, distant from the coast of Sumatra about twenty leagues. These shells were procured in a small sheltered bay, with nuddy bottom, surrounded by coral reefs, on the island of Battoo upon the sea receding from the bay after the inundation they were seen protruding from a bank of slightly-indurated mud, and two or three broken specimens were brought to me at Padang, by the master of a boat trading between that port and the island, for cocoa-nut oil, sea slug, &c.
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title XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S
spellingShingle XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S
title_short XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S
title_full XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S
title_fullStr XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S
title_full_unstemmed XII. Description of a rare species of worm shells, discovered at an island lying off the north-west coast of the island of Sumatra, in the East Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq. Commu­nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S
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