Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 15
... appear to be unquestionably foreign to our planet , and there seems every reason to conclude that these substances originate from small cosmical bodies , having orbital motions through space , and which are occasionally drawn within the ...
... appear to be unquestionably foreign to our planet , and there seems every reason to conclude that these substances originate from small cosmical bodies , having orbital motions through space , and which are occasionally drawn within the ...
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... appear as pellicles or films of carbona- ceous matter adherent to the surfaces of the slabs of slate and stone in the cases A , and B , before us : these are the leaves of vegetables converted into carbon or charcoal ; some of these ...
... appear as pellicles or films of carbona- ceous matter adherent to the surfaces of the slabs of slate and stone in the cases A , and B , before us : these are the leaves of vegetables converted into carbon or charcoal ; some of these ...
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... appear to have been situated in the south - eastern part of what is now the bed of the Baltic , in about 55 ° north latitude , and 37 ° to 38 ° east lon- gitude , and were probably destroyed at the commencement of the diluvial period ...
... appear to have been situated in the south - eastern part of what is now the bed of the Baltic , in about 55 ° north latitude , and 37 ° to 38 ° east lon- gitude , and were probably destroyed at the commencement of the diluvial period ...
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... appears to have chiefly exuded from the root - stock , but also from the bark and the wood , as is the case with the ... appear- ance , physical characters , and electrical properties of coke or graphite , losing its insulating power ...
... appears to have chiefly exuded from the root - stock , but also from the bark and the wood , as is the case with the ... appear- ance , physical characters , and electrical properties of coke or graphite , losing its insulating power ...
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... appear- ance when expanded on the schist . Each whorl is composed of from twenty to thirty linear lanceolate leaves , which are united at their base , so as to form a zone around the stem : it is supposed that they were aquatic , or ...
... appear- ance when expanded on the schist . Each whorl is composed of from twenty to thirty linear lanceolate leaves , which are united at their base , so as to form a zone around the stem : it is supposed that they were aquatic , or ...
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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