Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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... fragments of Greek sculpture in the Acropolis of Athens , or in our own museums , as proofs of the genius of artists , and power and riches of nations now past away ; with how much deeper feeling of admiration must we consider those ...
... fragments of Greek sculpture in the Acropolis of Athens , or in our own museums , as proofs of the genius of artists , and power and riches of nations now past away ; with how much deeper feeling of admiration must we consider those ...
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... Fragment of the iron from the Upper Senegal , in Africa , 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 ...
... Fragment of the iron from the Upper Senegal , in Africa , 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 ...
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... with nickel , ) the following are placed in chronological order : - CASE 1 * .- A large fragment of the stone which fell at Ensisheim , in C Alsace , Nov. 7th , 1492 , when the Emperor ROOM I. 17 MINERALS - METEORITES .
... with nickel , ) the following are placed in chronological order : - CASE 1 * .- A large fragment of the stone which fell at Ensisheim , in C Alsace , Nov. 7th , 1492 , when the Emperor ROOM I. 17 MINERALS - METEORITES .
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... fragments of the Tipperary meteorite which fell in August , 1810 ; it contains quartz globules of a green colour , owing to oxide of nickel . A fragment from one of those of Berlanguillas , in Catalonia , July 8th , 1811 . A fragment of ...
... fragments of the Tipperary meteorite which fell in August , 1810 ; it contains quartz globules of a green colour , owing to oxide of nickel . A fragment from one of those of Berlanguillas , in Catalonia , July 8th , 1811 . A fragment of ...
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... Fragment of the largest of those that fell at Juvénas , Dep . of the Ardèche , 15th of June , 1821 . A portion of the meteorite which descended at Nanjenoy , in Mary- land , February 10th , 1825 , formerly in the possession of the ...
... Fragment of the largest of those that fell at Juvénas , Dep . of the Ardèche , 15th of June , 1821 . A portion of the meteorite which descended at Nanjenoy , in Mary- land , February 10th , 1825 , formerly in the possession 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