Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumBohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page ix
... discovered and sent home by the talented explorer after whom it is named : those relics are now in the British Museum . ( See p . 124. ) " That few living examples remain , is evident from the fact that the mounted specimen in DR ...
... discovered and sent home by the talented explorer after whom it is named : those relics are now in the British Museum . ( See p . 124. ) " That few living examples remain , is evident from the fact that the mounted specimen in DR ...
Page 5
... discovered are entirely distinct from any that occur in the Trias and subsequent formations : it is , therefore , inferred that after the deposition of the so - called Permian strata , a complete change took place in the faunas and ...
... discovered are entirely distinct from any that occur in the Trias and subsequent formations : it is , therefore , inferred that after the deposition of the so - called Permian strata , a complete change took place in the faunas and ...
Page 16
... discovered between the years 1760 and 1770 . A large piece detached from the celebrated mass of Siberian native iron , which was discovered in 1772 , by Pallas , on the summit of a moun- tain between Abakansk and Belskoi Östrog , on the ...
... discovered between the years 1760 and 1770 . A large piece detached from the celebrated mass of Siberian native iron , which was discovered in 1772 , by Pallas , on the summit of a moun- tain between Abakansk and Belskoi Östrog , on the ...
Page 17
... discovered in 1820 . A mass of iron from the province of Atacama , republic of Bolivia , resembling that of Siberia , and , like it , containing much of an olivine- like substance within its cells ; described in 1827 , and presented by ...
... discovered in 1820 . A mass of iron from the province of Atacama , republic of Bolivia , resembling that of Siberia , and , like it , containing much of an olivine- like substance within its cells ; described in 1827 , and presented by ...
Page 28
... discovered in an upright position . Exten- sive areas covered by the roots and erect stems , apparently occupying the spots where they originally grew , have been laid bare in the Cleveland Hills . A few freshwater bivalves are the only ...
... discovered in an upright position . Exten- sive areas covered by the roots and erect stems , apparently occupying the spots where they originally grew , have been laid bare in the Cleveland Hills . A few freshwater bivalves are the only ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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