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
... described in a separate chapter , and a ground - plan of the Cases , and a Synopsis of their contents , are given in the first part or section of each division , to serve as a guide - book for those whose time is limited , and are ...
... described in a separate chapter , and a ground - plan of the Cases , and a Synopsis of their contents , are given in the first part or section of each division , to serve as a guide - book for those whose time is limited , and are ...
Page 16
... described in 1792 ; and a small one of that found in the province of Durango , described by Baron Alexander von Humboldt ( this has by some been confounded with that of the preceding locality ) . Two pieces of the Cape meteoric iron ...
... described in 1792 ; and a small one of that found in the province of Durango , described by Baron Alexander von Humboldt ( this has by some been confounded with that of the preceding locality ) . Two pieces of the Cape meteoric iron ...
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... described in 1845 . A specimen of the iron from Burlington , in the Otsego County , New York , found in 1819 . An Esquimaux knife and harpoon ( from Davis's Straits , Lat . 76 ° 12 ′ N. , Long . 53 ° ) the iron of which is meteoric ...
... described in 1845 . A specimen of the iron from Burlington , in the Otsego County , New York , found in 1819 . An Esquimaux knife and harpoon ( from Davis's Straits , Lat . 76 ° 12 ′ N. , Long . 53 ° ) the iron of which is meteoric ...
Page 46
... described and figured in my " Fossils of Tilgate Forest , " Pl . I. traces of structure ; and in those which retain some. ( nat . size . ) LIGN . 16. - CLATHRARIA LYELLII . CHALK MARL.1. 46 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... described and figured in my " Fossils of Tilgate Forest , " Pl . I. traces of structure ; and in those which retain some. ( nat . size . ) LIGN . 16. - CLATHRARIA LYELLII . CHALK MARL.1. 46 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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... described under the names of Zamia gigas , and Z. Mantelli , and has lately formed the subject of an interesting paper read before the Yorkshire Philosophical Society , by Professor Williamson of Manchester . Several specimens of the ...
... described under the names of Zamia gigas , and Z. Mantelli , and has lately formed the subject of an interesting paper read before the Yorkshire Philosophical Society , by Professor Williamson of Manchester . Several specimens of 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