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REFERENCE has been made by S. Leclerq1 and J. E. Appel2 to the use of cellulose films or peels in palæontology, but there does not seem to be any published account of the procedure involved. In the method outlined below, which was suggested to me by Prof. L. J. Wills, and used in the first place to record the internal structure of rugose corals, a cellulose cast is made from an etched surface, and structural detail stands out solely by reason of the optical effect of textural variation.
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Annales de la Soc. Géol. Belg., 52, B24–27; 1928.
Econ. Geol., 383–388; 1933.
“Stain Technology”, 1928, vol. 8, pp. 65–68.
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BUTLER, A. Use of Cellulose Films in Palæontology. Nature 135, 510 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135510b0
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