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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Abschrift der Protogaea von Eccard revidirt, unter dem Titel: De ortu et antiquissimo statu rerum naturalium in regionibus Brunsvico-Luneburgensibus Dissertatio (shelfmark Ms XXIII, 23b)
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Capidem indurata octanum
aut duodenum pollicum strato
subtus terra est nigra, plena
que non tantum fragminibus
margae ac fomices, sed et mul
tis animalium ossibus ruptis
quidem fere aut dissectis,
sed ut partem corporis facile
distinguas. Dentes quoque
multiplices varii coloris et
scepe nitidi, et non raro por
tionibus maxillarum inserti;
aliqui tantae magnitudines,
ut ad nota nobis anima-
t csabul. SiC) Nb als in
lia referri non possint. ) sub
terra nigra flavuer est limus,
sed ossiuem expers et subtus
saxum, quod inguirentium
curiositatem finivit. In hoc
limo novissimo ipse vidi ma-
teriam alumini plumoso si
milem, quam incolae steno-
margam appellant, cui par
quiddam in minerarum qua
rundam ustionibus attolli
dictum est Facillime in pul-
verem abit fricando. Caeteron
vix quinquagenta annos
esse audio, quod antrum
Scharz seldense delectum
aut certe celebratum est.
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