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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Page iii
... Nature , which mark the past revolutions of the Globe . " Sir H. Davy . WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . M DCCC LI . 8.895 TO THE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE TRUSTEES OF. JAW OF ...
... Nature , which mark the past revolutions of the Globe . " Sir H. Davy . WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . M DCCC LI . 8.895 TO THE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE TRUSTEES OF. JAW OF ...
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... nature which mark the revolutions of the Globe ; continents broken into islands ; one land produced , another destroyed ; the bottom of the ocean become a fertile soil ; whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuviæ of one ...
... nature which mark the revolutions of the Globe ; continents broken into islands ; one land produced , another destroyed ; the bottom of the ocean become a fertile soil ; whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuviæ of one ...
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... nature , which is divested as much as possible of technical language to render it acceptable to the unsci- entific ... natural knowledge . My excellent and lamented friend , the late CHARLES KÖNIG.
... nature , which is divested as much as possible of technical language to render it acceptable to the unsci- entific ... natural knowledge . My excellent and lamented friend , the late CHARLES KÖNIG.
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... natural enemies ; and that , as is the case with Tribonyx , a person may be in its vicinity for weeks without even catching a glimpse of it . From the thickness of its plumage and the great length of its back - feathers , we may infer ...
... natural enemies ; and that , as is the case with Tribonyx , a person may be in its vicinity for weeks without even catching a glimpse of it . From the thickness of its plumage and the great length of its back - feathers , we may infer ...
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... nature . Several of the Table - cases of fossil shells are admirably arranged and named by MR . WOODWARD , and ... Natural History in the English language . Models of Fossils . - Models of some of the most remarkable fossils in the ...
... nature . Several of the Table - cases of fossil shells are admirably arranged and named by MR . WOODWARD , and ... Natural History in the English language . Models of Fossils . - Models of some of the most remarkable fossils in 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