Post-biblical history of the Jews : from the close of the Old Testament, about the year 420 B.C.E. till the destruction of the second temple, in the year 70 C.E. ; in two volumes

by Morris J. Raphall

Documentation of sediment cores from the Great Meteor Seamount, North Atlantic

Sedimentological and biostratigraphic investigations of 15 cores (total length: 88 m) from the vicinity of Great Meteor seamount (about 30° N, 28° W) showed that the calcareous ooze are asymmetrically distributed around the seamount and vertically differentiated into two intervals. East and west of the seampunt, the upper "A"-interval is characterized by yellowish-brown sediment colors and bioturbation; ash layers and diatoms are restricted to the eastern cores. On both seamount flanks, the sediment of the lower "B"-interval are white and very rich in CaCO3 with a major fine silt (2-16 µ) mode (mainly coccoliths). Lamination, manganese micronodules, Tertiary foraminifera and discoasters, and small limestone and basalt fragments are typical of the "B"-interval of the eastern cores only. The sediments contain abundant displaced material which was reworked from the upper parts of the seamount. The sedimentation around the seamount is strongly influenced by the kind of displaced material and the intensity of its differentiated dispersal: the sedimentation rates are generally higher on the east than on the west flank /e.g. in "B": 0.9 cm/1000 y in the W; 3.1 cm/1000 y in the E), and lower for the "A" than for the "B"-interval. The lamination is explained by the combination of increased sedimentation rates with a strong input of material poor in organic carbon producing a hostile environment for benthic life. The CaCO3 content of the core is highly influenced by the proportion of displaced bigenous carbonate material (mainly coccoliths). The genuine in-situ conditions of the dissolution facies are only reflected by the minimum CaCO3 values of the cores (CCD = about 5,500 m; first bend in dissolution curve = 4,000 m; ACD = about 3,400 m). The preservation of the total foraminiferal association depends on the proportions of in-situ versus displaced specimens. In greater water depths (stronger dissolution), for example, the preservation can be improved by the admixture of relatively well preserved displaced foraminifera. Carbonate cementation and the formation of manganese micronodules are restricted to microenvironments with locally increased organic carbon contents (e.g. pellets; foraminifera). The ash layers consist of redeposited, silicic volcanic glass of trachytic composition and Mio-Pliocene age; possibly, they can be derived from the upper part of the seamount. Siliceous organisms, especially diatoms, are frequent close to the ash layers and probably also redeposited. Their preservation was favoured by the increase of the SiO2 content in the pore water caused by the silicic volcanic glass. The cores were biostraftsraphically subdivided with the aid of planktonic foraminifera and partly alsococcoliths. In most cases, the biostratigraphically determined cold- and warm sections could be correlated from core to core. Almost all cores do not penetrate the Late Pleistocene. All Tertiary fossils are reworked. In general, the warm/cold boundary W2/C2 corresponds with the lithostratigraphic A/B boundray. Benthonic foraminifera indicate the original site deposition of the displaced material (summit plateau or flanks of the seamount). The asymmetric distribution of the sediments around the seamount east and west of the NE-directed antarctic bottom current (AABW) is explained by the distortion of the streamlines by the Coriolis force; by this process the current velocity is increased west of the seamount and decreased east of it. The different proportion of displaced material within the "A" and "B" interval is explained by changes of the intensity of the oceanic circulation. At the time of "B" the flow of the AABW around the seamount was stronger than during "A"; this can be inferred from the presence of characteristic benthonic foraminifera. The increased oceanic circulation implies an enhanced differentiation of the current velocities, and by that, also of the sedimentation rates, and intensifies the winnowed sediment material was transported downslope by turbid layers into the deep-sea, incorporated into the current system of the AABW, and asymmetrically deposited around the seamount.

Sumerian mythology, a study of spiritual and literary achievement in the third millennium, B.C.

Frontispiece accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

Zenon papyri; business papers of the third century B.C. dealing with Palestine and Egypt,

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The great war and the R.A.M.C.,

"Narrative of the doings of the Royal Army Medical Corps on the Western Front during the first two months of the Great War."--p. vii.

The laws, ordinances and institutions of the Admiralty of Great Britain Civil and Military : comprehending, I. Such antient naval laws and customs as are still in use. II. An abstract of the Statutes in force relating to maritime affairs and commerce III. The Marine Treaties at large IV. A critical account of naval affairs and commerce, from the Reign of Alfred the Great. V. The present state of the navy, and of the officers, offices, ships [et]c. thereof. : interspers'd with dissertations, notes and comments for the use of the officers of the navy, masters of ship, mariners, merchants, insurers, and the trading part of the Nation in general : with a preface giving a more particular Account of the Nature, use and desing of this work : in two volumes ...

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The Roman empire : B. C. 29-A. D. 476 /

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The first iron-clad naval engagement in the world : history of facts of the great naval battle between the Merrimac-Virginia, C.S.N. and the Ericsson Monitor, U.S.N., Hampton Roads, March 8 and 9 1862 /

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Solving the problem : a series of lectures by the late Rev. M.C.B. Mason /

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The farmer's letters to the people of England : containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman, on various subjects of great importance, particularly the exportation of corn, the balance of agriculture and manufactures, the present state of husbandry, the circumstances attending large and small farms, the present state of the poor, the price of provisions, the proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c., the importance of timber and planting, emigrations to the colonies, the means of promoting the agriculture and population of Great Britain, &c. &c. : to which are added, Sylvæ, or, Occasional tracts on husbandry and rural œconomics ... : in two volumes.

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Post-Biblical history of the Jews ; from the close of the Old Testament, about the year 420 B. C. E., till the destruction of the second temple in the year 70 C. E.

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A Buddhist manual of psychological ethics of the fourth century B.C.,

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A study in the commerce of Latium from the early iron age through the sixth century, B. C.,

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The prophets of Israel and their place in history to the close of the eighth century B.C. /

"Second edition ... published 1895 ... reprinted February 1902