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Figure 16

Two images on the same page in a book. One shows the back of an elderly hand the other a wrinkled apple to illustrate the origin of certain mountain ranges resulting from shrinking of the interior

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Back of hand and wrinkled apple, to illustrate the origin of certain mountain ranges resulting from shrinking of the interior', by James Nasmyth.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/140208/021