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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... seen all the information respecting it that has been obtained is comprised in the account communicated by Dr. Mantell to the Zoological Society of London , and published in their ' Proceedings ' for 1850. ( See p . 126. ) " Upon a ...
... seen all the information respecting it that has been obtained is comprised in the account communicated by Dr. Mantell to the Zoological Society of London , and published in their ' Proceedings ' for 1850. ( See p . 126. ) " Upon a ...
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... seen to resemble masses of rock , having only the forms of organic bodies . Certain peculiar conditions in which animal and vegetable remains occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of ...
... seen to resemble masses of rock , having only the forms of organic bodies . Certain peculiar conditions in which animal and vegetable remains occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of ...
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... seen to fall , July 31st , 1835 , in Dickson County , Tennessee . A portion of that of Ashville , Buncombe County , N. Carolina , found and described in 1839 . A ponderous piece of iron from Crosby's Creek , in the S. W. part of Cocke ...
... seen to fall , July 31st , 1835 , in Dickson County , Tennessee . A portion of that of Ashville , Buncombe County , N. Carolina , found and described in 1839 . A ponderous piece of iron from Crosby's Creek , in the S. W. part of Cocke ...
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... seen to fall at Barbotan , at Roquefort , and at Juliac , in the Landes of Gascony , July 24th , 1790 . One of a dozen stones , of various weights and dimensions , that fell at Sienna in Tuscany , June 16th , 1794 . The meteoric stone ...
... seen to fall at Barbotan , at Roquefort , and at Juliac , in the Landes of Gascony , July 24th , 1790 . One of a dozen stones , of various weights and dimensions , that fell at Sienna in Tuscany , June 16th , 1794 . The meteoric stone ...
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... seen to fall at Aldsworth , 12 miles E. of Ciren- cester , August 4th , 1835 . A meteorite , weighing about four pounds , which fell at the village of Akburpoor , in the district of Saharanpore , April 18th , 1838 ; presented by Major ...
... seen to fall at Aldsworth , 12 miles E. of Ciren- cester , August 4th , 1835 . A meteorite , weighing about four pounds , which fell at the village of Akburpoor , in the district of Saharanpore , April 18th , 1838 ; presented by Major ...
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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