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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... placed after the letters and figures of the plan ; for example , in page 11 , letter A refers to the ground - plan , and [ 1 , A , B , C , ] are the numbers and letters painted on the Wall - case containing the fossil Alga , Fuci , & c ...
... placed after the letters and figures of the plan ; for example , in page 11 , letter A refers to the ground - plan , and [ 1 , A , B , C , ] are the numbers and letters painted on the Wall - case containing the fossil Alga , Fuci , & c ...
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... placed before him in the 1 See " Medals of Creation ; " or , " Wonders of Geology , " vol . i . p . 75 . ( 6th edit . ) for details . Impressions of leaves on travertine are figured in Pict . Atlas , pl . iii . fig . 2 . course of this ...
... placed before him in the 1 See " Medals of Creation ; " or , " Wonders of Geology , " vol . i . p . 75 . ( 6th edit . ) for details . Impressions of leaves on travertine are figured in Pict . Atlas , pl . iii . fig . 2 . course of this ...
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... placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as the rooms are lighted by side - windows , instead of by sky - lights as in the Zoological department , nearly half the wall space is rendered unavailable for cabinets . The ...
... placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as the rooms are lighted by side - windows , instead of by sky - lights as in the Zoological department , nearly half the wall space is rendered unavailable for cabinets . The ...
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... placed in Room I. , and occupy the wall - cases : the collection commences with the Crypto- gamia , which are deposited in the cases on the right hand of the entrance , and terminates with the Conifera , of which there are examples of ...
... placed in Room I. , and occupy the wall - cases : the collection commences with the Crypto- gamia , which are deposited in the cases on the right hand of the entrance , and terminates with the Conifera , of which there are examples of ...
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... placed a most extraordinary specimen , —the skull and tusks , ( fourteen feet long , ) of the Elephas Ganesa , from India . In the wall - cases is an unrivalled series of the crania and jaws and teeth of Mastodons and Elephants of ...
... placed a most extraordinary specimen , —the skull and tusks , ( fourteen feet long , ) of the Elephas Ganesa , from India . In the wall - cases is an unrivalled series of the crania and jaws and teeth of Mastodons and Elephants of ...
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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