Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumBohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page ix
... PROFESSOR OWEN , from the fossil bones previously discovered and sent home by the talented explorer after whom it is named : those relics are now in the British Museum . ( See p . 124. ) " That few living examples remain , is evident ...
... PROFESSOR OWEN , from the fossil bones previously discovered and sent home by the talented explorer after whom it is named : those relics are now in the British Museum . ( See p . 124. ) " That few living examples remain , is evident ...
Page x
... ) may be obtained of Professor Tennant , 149 , Strand . The plate accompanying this description represents the Notornis in two posi- tions , of the natural size , and accurately coloured . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. Part 1 , Synopsis of.
... ) may be obtained of Professor Tennant , 149 , Strand . The plate accompanying this description represents the Notornis in two posi- tions , of the natural size , and accurately coloured . CONTENTS . CHAP . I. Part 1 , Synopsis of.
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... Professor William King , of Queen's College , Galway , recently published by the Palæonto- graphical Society of London ; 1850. See also Sir Charles Lyell's " Manual of Elementary Geology , " 1851 , p . 301 . The subdivisions of the ...
... Professor William King , of Queen's College , Galway , recently published by the Palæonto- graphical Society of London ; 1850. See also Sir Charles Lyell's " Manual of Elementary Geology , " 1851 , p . 301 . The subdivisions of the ...
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... Professor Silliman . Fragment of one of the meteorites which fell , May 9th , 1827 , at Drake's Creek , Nashville , Tennessee . Another of that of Richmond , Chesterfield County , Virginia , observed to fall June 4th , 1828 . Another ...
... Professor Silliman . Fragment of one of the meteorites which fell , May 9th , 1827 , at Drake's Creek , Nashville , Tennessee . Another of that of Richmond , Chesterfield County , Virginia , observed to fall June 4th , 1828 . Another ...
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... Professor Tennant , comprising upwards of sixty examples of rare modifications of form , and of various colours . It formed part of the celebrated cabinet of precious stones formed with great taste and judgment , and regardless of ...
... Professor Tennant , comprising upwards of sixty examples of rare modifications of form , and of various colours . It formed part of the celebrated cabinet of precious stones formed with great taste and judgment , and regardless of ...
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ancient animal arch articular articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum carnivora caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium Crocodile crocodilian Cuvier deposits dermal Dinornis discovered distal dorsal Eningen Eocene extinct extremity feet femur figured and described fishes formation fossil fossil remains fragments Gavial genera genus gigantic humerus Hylæosaurus Ichthyolites Ichthyosaurus Iguana Iguanodon imbedded inches long integument length Lign limestone lower jaw Maidstone mammalia margin Mastodon Medals of Creation Megalosaurus Memoir metatarsals Monte Bolca Mosasaurus numerous obtained Oolite Organic Remains original osseous paddles phalangeal plates Plesiosaurus portion posterior present Professor Owen quarry remarkable reptiles resemble ribs sandstone saurians scapula shells skeleton skull slab species specimens spine stems stone Stonesfield strata structure surface Sussex Table-case tail teeth Teleosaurus tertiary tibia Tilgate Forest tooth Trans transverse upper vertebral column Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand