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 vii
... collection . The paleontologist will , it is hoped , find all the infor- mation in these unpretending pages that can reasonably be expected within the prescribed limits of a work of this nature , which is divested as much as possible of ...
... collection . The paleontologist will , it is hoped , find all the infor- mation in these unpretending pages that can reasonably be expected within the prescribed limits of a work of this nature , which is divested as much as possible of ...
Page viii
... Collection , and whose scientific friendship I had the privilege of enjoy- ing from my early years , looked forward with much pleasure to my completion of a task which I should never have attempted , had he not assured me that neither ...
... Collection , and whose scientific friendship I had the privilege of enjoy- ing from my early years , looked forward with much pleasure to my completion of a task which I should never have attempted , had he not assured me that neither ...
Page x
... collection is not within the scope of this volume ; but for the convenience of the mineralogist who may not possess MR . KÖNIG's excellent Synopsis , a brief notice of the contents of the Table - cases is inserted . Fossi Invertebrata ...
... collection is not within the scope of this volume ; but for the convenience of the mineralogist who may not possess MR . KÖNIG's excellent Synopsis , a brief notice of the contents of the Table - cases is inserted . Fossi Invertebrata ...
Page 3
... collection , presenting but little differ- ence in appearance from similar objects collected on the sea- shore , or from the beds of streams and rivers ; while others will be seen to resemble masses of rock , having only the forms of ...
... collection , presenting but little differ- ence in appearance from similar objects collected on the sea- shore , or from the beds of streams and rivers ; while others will be seen to resemble masses of rock , having only the forms of ...
Page 8
... collection commences with the Crypto- gamia , which are deposited in the cases on the right hand of the entrance , and terminates with the Conifera , of which there are examples of large petrified stems in the window - recesses . The ...
... collection commences with the Crypto- gamia , which are deposited in the cases on the right hand of the entrance , and terminates with the Conifera , of which there are examples of large petrified stems in the window - recesses . The ...
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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