Twelve specimens of foraminifera Product:Postcard 28th October 1976

28th October 1976

followed by Richard Sheridan

This relates to a riot staged by Irish Catholics in Birkenhead during October 1862

Cannons can be seen on the left with ships on the River Thames in the distance

The east end of the Guildhall

Twelve specimens of foraminifera Product:Postcard 28th October 1976A composite illustration built up from individual plates within the book Conchyliologie systematique, et classification methodique des coquilles by Pierre Denys de Montford (2 volumes, Paris, 1808 1810). Each specimen of foraminifera [single celled marine organisms with shells] is inscribed with De Montford's 'genre' number and a brief caption. Each appears with an indication of the actual size of the specimen, drawn alongside the magnified