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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13205915763).jpg BABBAGE ON THE TEMPLE OF SERAPIS <br> 189 <br> The part of the column which was nearly horizontal was covered <br> with this deposit to the depth of from a quarter to half an inch and <br> the rain had washed portions of it away leaving little miniature <br> columns protected by small caps of stones on their tops These for- <br> cibly reminded me of the clay pillars in the valley of Visp which <br> I had visited several years before in company with my friend Sir J <br> Herschel Several of those pillars were from 50 to 70 feet high <br> whilst none of these on the fallen fragments of the columns of the <br> temple attained as many hundredths of an inch There were no <br> marks either of shells or of Serpulas on this fragment <br> Fig 2 <br> 8 A fragment of the bottom of a column 1 17 feet long The <br> upper edge of the calcareous coating see par 3 is 6 feet 4 inches <br> from the base; the breadth of the zone about 1 foot; height to <br> lower edge of disintegrated part of column 8 feet 7 inches This <br> fragment is perforated on the upper or broken end almost in the axis <br> and the disintegrated part is perforated <br> The three preceding fragments appear from their dimensions to <br> have formed parts of one column Their united length is 42 feet <br> which is about the height of the columns that remain standing I <br> did not however record in my notes whether the broken ends fa- <br> voured this supposition <br> 9 A fragment 1 7 feet 4 inches long perforated at both ends <br> and all over <br> 10 A fragment 11 feet 4 inches; from base to beginning of cal- <br> careous zone 6 feet 7 inches ; breadth of zone 1 foot 4 inches ; from <br> base to beginning of disintegration 7 feet 11 inches not perforated <br> at the base <br> 11 A fragment 2 of lower portion of a column of African <br> breccia length 6 feet 10 inches ; from base to beginning of disinte- <br> gration 4 feet not perforated at the end <br> 12 A capital of white marble perforated; but only four decided <br> marks were observed 36932918 113687 51125 Page 189 Text v 3 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932918 1847 Geological Society of London NameFound Serapis NameConfirmed Serapis NameBankID 4341827 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 3 1847 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36932918 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932918 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-17 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13205915763 2015-08-26 12 54 55 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1847 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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