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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... deposits fossil remains of animals and plants often have acquired a stony hardness , while in rocks of the most ... deposit , which is often compact and 2 PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... deposits fossil remains of animals and plants often have acquired a stony hardness , while in rocks of the most ... deposit , which is often compact and 2 PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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... deposits , and the meaning of certain geological terms which we shall sometimes have occasion to employ in the following narrative , a brief table of the British strata ' is subjoined . A TABLE OF THE FOSSILIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF GREAT ...
... deposits , and the meaning of certain geological terms which we shall sometimes have occasion to employ in the following narrative , a brief table of the British strata ' is subjoined . A TABLE OF THE FOSSILIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF GREAT ...
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... deposits . A few localities are inserted because they will be referred to hereafter . I will only remark that many of the details in the above classification must be considered as arbitrary and provisional ; but " hard lines are ...
... deposits . A few localities are inserted because they will be referred to hereafter . I will only remark that many of the details in the above classification must be considered as arbitrary and provisional ; but " hard lines are ...
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... lower compartment contains numerous species of ferns , in clay - slate or shale , from similar deposits ; and others from the Oolite . The lowermost shelf is devoted to silicified stems of trees ROOM I. 11 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS .
... lower compartment contains numerous species of ferns , in clay - slate or shale , from similar deposits ; and others from the Oolite . The lowermost shelf is devoted to silicified stems of trees ROOM I. 11 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS .
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... deposits at Hildburghausen in Saxony . In the recess of the window , between c and d , there is a fine mass of the mineral called Subsulphate of Alumina or Websterite , from the Plastic clay at Castle Hill , near New- haven , in Sussex ...
... deposits at Hildburghausen in Saxony . In the recess of the window , between c and d , there is a fine mass of the mineral called Subsulphate of Alumina or Websterite , from the Plastic clay at Castle Hill , near New- haven , in Sussex ...
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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