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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... Beautiful , and on the Language and Wisdom of the Indians . 43. GOETHE'S WORKS . VOL . 2 , containing the remainder of his Autobiography , together with his Travels in Italy , France , and Switzerland . " FIESKO , " 44. SCHILLER'S WORKS ...
... Beautiful , and on the Language and Wisdom of the Indians . 43. GOETHE'S WORKS . VOL . 2 , containing the remainder of his Autobiography , together with his Travels in Italy , France , and Switzerland . " FIESKO , " 44. SCHILLER'S WORKS ...
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... beautiful in the decay of twenty centuries ; or the mutilated fragments of Greek sculpture in the Acropolis of Athens , or in our own museums , as proofs of the genius of artists , and power and riches of nations now past away ; with ...
... beautiful in the decay of twenty centuries ; or the mutilated fragments of Greek sculpture in the Acropolis of Athens , or in our own museums , as proofs of the genius of artists , and power and riches of nations now past away ; with ...
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... beautiful specimens of the flattened stems of Sigillaria , and of Lycopodiaceae or Club - mosses , from the Coal strata . The lower compartment contains numerous species of ferns , in clay - slate or shale , from similar deposits ; and ...
... beautiful specimens of the flattened stems of Sigillaria , and of Lycopodiaceae or Club - mosses , from the Coal strata . The lower compartment contains numerous species of ferns , in clay - slate or shale , from similar deposits ; and ...
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... beautiful examples of opal- ized wood . In the recesses of the windows there are portions of trunks of trees in a similar state of mineralization , from New Holland ; presented by the late Sir Francis Chantry . b . ( Unoccupied . ) c ...
... beautiful examples of opal- ized wood . In the recesses of the windows there are portions of trunks of trees in a similar state of mineralization , from New Holland ; presented by the late Sir Francis Chantry . b . ( Unoccupied . ) c ...
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... beautiful specimens from Prussia and from the muschel - sandstone of Lemberg in Gallicia , many with insects and portions of vegetables ; fossil copal from London Clay , High- gate ; Retinasphalt , from Bovey ; Idriolite . Bitumens ...
... beautiful specimens from Prussia and from the muschel - sandstone of Lemberg in Gallicia , many with insects and portions of vegetables ; fossil copal from London Clay , High- gate ; Retinasphalt , from Bovey ; Idriolite . Bitumens ...
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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