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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... Middle Ages , on Shakspeare , the Limits of the Beautiful , and on the Language and Wisdom of the Indians . 43. GOETHE'S WORKS . VOL . 2 , containing the remainder of his Autobiography , together with his Travels in Italy , France , and ...
... Middle Ages , on Shakspeare , the Limits of the Beautiful , and on the Language and Wisdom of the Indians . 43. GOETHE'S WORKS . VOL . 2 , containing the remainder of his Autobiography , together with his Travels in Italy , France , and ...
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... middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , .1 " I cannot conclude these remarks without bearing testimony to the very great importance of the results which have attended the researches MR . WALTER MANTELL , in the various ...
... middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , .1 " I cannot conclude these remarks without bearing testimony to the very great importance of the results which have attended the researches MR . WALTER MANTELL , in the various ...
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... middle Tertiary . ( Suffolk Crag . ) EOCENE ; the lowermost or most ancient Tertiary . ( London , Hants , and Isle of Wight . Paris basin . ) CRETACEOUS FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower ...
... middle Tertiary . ( Suffolk Crag . ) EOCENE ; the lowermost or most ancient Tertiary . ( London , Hants , and Isle of Wight . Paris basin . ) CRETACEOUS FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower ...
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... Middle.Coral rag . ( Wilts . Gloucestershire , & c . ) JURASSIC FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . SILURIAN ...
... Middle.Coral rag . ( Wilts . Gloucestershire , & c . ) JURASSIC FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . SILURIAN ...
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... middle shelves , on a block of fawn - coloured sandstone , are remains of the foliage of a large species of fern , labelled as above . These fossil leaves are remarkable for their peculiar structure and great size some speci- mens are ...
... middle shelves , on a block of fawn - coloured sandstone , are remains of the foliage of a large species of fern , labelled as above . These fossil leaves are remarkable for their peculiar structure and great size some speci- mens are ...
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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