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Shell Was Small: The shell was small and it was likely that he associated small things with light things - thus it will float. Once Jamie had tested the shell to see if it would float he would not believe the outcome that it would not and said that although it would not float in the water tub it would float in the sea 'because the sea is bigger'. Not all children's predictions, then, can be tested, and ideas challenged, by practical work at home or in the classroom! It is possible that Jamie was not being stubborn, but really thought that a bigger mass of water would be able to hold the shell on the surface of the water.
Anyhow, the 18th century preferre cameos to the shell variety. The 19th c took to shells again and created a dema them among the less opulent classes. For ; shell cameos in the form of brooches, etc. 1 the fashion for personal adornment. The d for the big, unframed shell cameos, popv the Renaissance, was not revived. Ho connoisseurs now began to collect the older and this new hobby led to a startling rise price of the finest antique and Renaissance mens. When the English Marlborough Co. was dispersed in 1899, a shell Laocoon cam< by the famous Flamingo in the 17th centun for £335.
Shell: The characteristic feature of turtles is the shell or horny body covering. The upper part of the shell is properly termed the carapace, while the lower part is termed the plastron. The carapace and plastron are connected on each side of the body by a bony bridge. The head, legs, and tail may be drawn into the shell.
Both the carapace and the plastron are formed of platelike sections fused together and covered with a horny exterior. These plates are called shields.
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