. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. . Figs. 8-12. Selection of flints from the Somme gravels figured by Boucher de Perthes, 1847. x £ nat. size. Figs. 8-10, haches diluviennes (compare Fig. 4). Figs. 11, 12, Industrie antediluvienne. but he was not taken seriously, and news of his alleged discoveries did not reach the outside world. Fortunately Boucher de Perthes was not easily daunted ; he quietly continued his researches and in 1846 published the first volume of a work entitled Antiquites celtiques et antediluviennes, proclaiming that the gravels in the suburbs of Ab
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. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. . Figs. 8-12. Selection of flints from the Somme gravels figured by Boucher de Perthes, 1847. x £ nat. size. Figs. 8-10, haches diluviennes (compare Fig. 4). Figs. 11, 12, Industrie antediluvienne. but he was not taken seriously, and news of his alleged discoveries did not reach the outside world. Fortunately Boucher de Perthes was not easily daunted ; he quietly continued his researches and in 1846 published the first volume of a work entitled Antiquites celtiques et antediluviennes, proclaiming that the gravels in the suburbs of Abbeville contained stones worked by antediluvian man, and occurring at various depths along with the bones of mammals now extinct. " In spite of their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)