 The rarity of flint must have rendered these weapons very valuable in other districts. If an ordinary oblong flint nodule be broken across in the middle, the fracture is conchoidal or shell-shaped, and if one of the portions of that flint were set on...  Journal - Seite 105von Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum - 1857 - 274 Seiten
...chiefly in the counties of Antrim, Down, and Deny ; hence we learn without surprise that the great bulk of the specimens of that material have been procured...usual rough cortical silicate of lime investiture (examples of which may be seen in Nos. 355, 407, and 482), Avere generally valueless, and consequently... | |
 | William Robert Wilde - 1861 - 792 Seiten
...or shell-shaped, and if one of the portions of that flint were set on end, the artist could chip on0 with a hammer, or with a chisel and mallet, a number...usual rough cortical silicate of lime investiture (examples of which may be seen in Nos. 355, 407, and 482), were generally valueless, and consequently... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde - 1863 - 672 Seiten
...chiefly in the counties of Antrim, Down, and Deny ; hence we learn without surprise that the great bulk of the specimens of that material have been procured...usual rough cortical silicate of lime investiture (examples of which may be seen in Nos. 355, 407, and 482), were generally valueless, and consequently... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum - 1863 - 664 Seiten
...the province of Ulster. The rarity of flint must have rendered these weapons very valuable in ether districts. If an ordinary oblong flint nodule be broken...usual rough cortical silicate of lime investiture (examples of which may be seen in Nos. 355, 407, and 482), were generally valueless, and consequently... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum - 1863 - 668 Seiten
...sides of the mass; more or less thin and long, or broad and thick, according to the natural parity of the flint, and perhaps the dexterity of the worker....usual rough cortical silicate of lime investiture (examples of which may be seen in Nos. 355, 407, and 482), were generally valueless, and consequently... | |
 | Hodder Michael Westropp - 1872 - 244 Seiten
...could chop off with a No. 7. No. 6. ARROW SHAPED FLINT FLAKE — IRELAND. FLINT FLAEE — DENMARK. hammer, or with a chisel and mallet, a number of fine...fracture. The outside flakes, bearing the usual rough silicate of lime investiture, were generally valueless, and consequently cast aside. In striking off... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1895 - 786 Seiten
...portions of that flint were set on end, the artist could chip off with a (stone) hammer, or with a (stone) chisel and mallet, a number of fine flakes, running...of the worker. Each scale or flake, no matter what ,, . Core of its outer shape or outline, will always present the conchoidal fracture. The outside flakes,... | |
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