Inside, a group of men were examining several mangled fragments that looked to the Colonel as if they came from a boat.

After examining fragments of the bombs, the experts concluded that they were similar to those found after earlier poison gas attacks against Iran that the United Nations investigated in 1984, 1986, 1987 and earlier this year.

In December 2005, just before the 40th anniversary of the Kecksburg crash, NASA released a statement to the effect that they had examined metallic fragments from the object and now claimed it was from a re-entering "Russian satellite".

Beazley examined 65,000 vases and fragments (of which 20,000 were black-figure).

Before going on, he can examine past and future fragments of text that contain similar material.

He began to examine fragments of envelopes.

Archaeologists have studied the site over an extensive period, examining fragments of pottery, remains of walls, and some unique kinds of stone that must have been hauled up the mountain because they do not otherwise occur there.

Tense as a caged lion, he paced the tide mark, stooping now and again to examine scattered fragments of planking which once had been a boat.

Scientists are able to examine fragments of pottery vessels, human remains, stone tools or evidence left from the construction of buildings.

Investigators examined mangled fragments of the plane.