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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13205775095).jpg BABBAGE ON THE TEMPLE OF SEKAPIS <br> 195 <br> The whole plain called La Starza which lies between the inland <br> cliffs and the sea is of modern formation and consists of beds of <br> pumice or sand containing recent marine shells bones of animals and <br> fragments of building not rounded by attrition <br> Fie 3 <br> '- m sli <br> A Pozzuoli <br> B The Bridge of Caligula <br> C The Temple of Serapis <br> D The Amphitheatre <br> E The Arch of Antoninus Pius <br> F The Temple of Neptune <br> G The Temple of the Nymphs <br> H La Starza <br> There are also the remains of two Roman roads at present under <br> water ; one of these reached from Pozzuoli to the Lucrine lake <br> 50 Another vestige of the art of a remote period which exhibits <br> decided evidence of a change of level is the series of piers placed in <br> the sea projecting from the town of Pozzuoli and known by the name <br> of the bridge of Caligula <br> The general depth of the sea around these piers is from thirty-five <br> to fifty feet There are thirteen piers standing and two others ap- <br> pear to have been overthrown as the soundings between the sixth <br> and seventh piers and between the twelfth and thirteenth prove <br> 51 At the height of about four feet above the present level of <br> the sea on the sixth pier is a line of perforations apparently by the <br> Modiola or other boring animal There are also Serpulse and other <br> indications of a line of sea-level I did not find any remains of the <br> shells and the holes appeared to have been much worn by water <br> The depth round this pier at very small distances from it was from <br> thirty to fifty feet <br> 52 On the last pier but one there are great numbers of similar <br> perforations but I did not discover in them any of the shells there <br> are also adhering to the bricks great quantities of Serpulae and some- <br> thing which appeared like a Flustra I think these holes are incon- <br> I am not quite certain from my notes whether the pier here described is not <br> the fifth but I am inclined to think not 36932924 113687 51125 Page 195 Text v 3 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932924 1847 Geological Society of London NameFound Antoninus NameFound Caligula NameConfirmed Caligula EOLID 48548 NameBankID 5140470 NameFound Flustra NameConfirmed Flustra EOLID 73457 NameBankID 2576109 NameFound Modiola NameConfirmed Modiola EOLID 71417 NameBankID 2647821 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 36932924 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932924 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 N02/13205775095 2015-08-26 12 54 41 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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