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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... columns of Palmyra , broken in the midst of the desert ; the temples of Pæstum , 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 ...
... columns of Palmyra , broken in the midst of the desert ; the temples of Pæstum , 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 ...
Page 36
... column , ( a , Lign . 9. ) and there is generally a depression or furrow running parallel with it on the outer surface.1 The nature of these fossil vegetables was long a perplexing question , for no specimens had been found in connexion ...
... column , ( a , Lign . 9. ) and there is generally a depression or furrow running parallel with it on the outer surface.1 The nature of these fossil vegetables was long a perplexing question , for no specimens had been found in connexion ...
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... column , the surface of which is covered with reticu- lated fibres . The large branched fossil lying on a slab of stone in the middle of the case , is the finest specimen of this part hitherto obtained : it was dis- covered , with bones ...
... column , the surface of which is covered with reticu- lated fibres . The large branched fossil lying on a slab of stone in the middle of the case , is the finest specimen of this part hitherto obtained : it was dis- covered , with bones ...
Page 83
... column of support are pentangular , very numerous , and articulated by striated pentapetalous surfaces , and have a central perforation ; and there are arti- culated side - arms , or tentacula , that radiate from the column in groups of ...
... column of support are pentangular , very numerous , and articulated by striated pentapetalous surfaces , and have a central perforation ; and there are arti- culated side - arms , or tentacula , that radiate from the column in groups of ...
Page 84
... column , has given rise to the curious fossils called , in Derby- shire , Screw , or Pulley - stones , which are flint casts of these cavities . These bodies occur in the chert , which is interstra- tified with the mountain limestone ...
... column , has given rise to the curious fossils called , in Derby- shire , Screw , or Pulley - stones , which are flint casts of these cavities . These bodies occur in the chert , which is interstra- tified with the mountain limestone ...
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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