Punch,  24 (1853), 49.

Geology for the City

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Spoof

Subjects:

Geology


    Reports that at the Gresham College lecture, recently delivered at the Royal Exchange, on the 'Coal Formation of the City of London Basin', it was claimed that the basin consisted of such typical waste products of the city as 'organic remains of gigantic chelonians' left over by aldermen.



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