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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... side of the north wing of the Museum , extending from east to west in a suite of six rooms , nearly 400 feet in length by 36 in width . The large specimens are for the most part placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as ...
... side of the north wing of the Museum , extending from east to west in a suite of six rooms , nearly 400 feet in length by 36 in width . The large specimens are for the most part placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as ...
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... sides of the cases , and the labels attached to the specimens within.2 The cases containing the minerals are numbered and arranged in order , the first ... side , and the other thirty in 14 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... sides of the cases , and the labels attached to the specimens within.2 The cases containing the minerals are numbered and arranged in order , the first ... side , and the other thirty in 14 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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Gideon Algernon Mantell. 1 the south side , and the other thirty in a reversed direction on the opposite side . The affixed numbers are here inserted between brackets . TABLE CASE 1. [ 60. ] Organico - chemical minerals - Salts : Mellite ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell. 1 the south side , and the other thirty in a reversed direction on the opposite side . The affixed numbers are here inserted between brackets . TABLE CASE 1. [ 60. ] Organico - chemical minerals - Salts : Mellite ...
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... side branches , but becoming dichotomous at the summit . Their superficial bark was hard and durable , channelled longi- tudinally , bearing leaf - scars that are of a rounded form above and below , and angular at the sides , often ...
... side branches , but becoming dichotomous at the summit . Their superficial bark was hard and durable , channelled longi- tudinally , bearing leaf - scars that are of a rounded form above and below , and angular at the sides , often ...
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... sides of the stem , which more resemble the attachment of the bases of cones , than of leaves . In Megaphyton the stem ... side.3 66 1 Figured in " Medals of Creation , " pp . 146 , 149 ; " Wonders of Geo- logy , " p . 718 ; " Pictorial ...
... sides of the stem , which more resemble the attachment of the bases of cones , than of leaves . In Megaphyton the stem ... side.3 66 1 Figured in " Medals of Creation , " pp . 146 , 149 ; " Wonders of Geo- logy , " p . 718 ; " Pictorial ...
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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