Engraving of Coral Reefs
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Date: 1886
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)
Engraving of an illustration by J. Girard (Fig. 12) in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" of coral reefs, "...reefs which in circular form make the atolls of the Pacific, or in straight banks act as barriers for continental shores."
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From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 23
Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)
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1886
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95-20337
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print