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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... structure it will be found generically distinct . It is allied to Porphyrio in the form of its bill , and in its general colouring , and to Tribonyx in the structure of its feet , while in the feebleness of its wings , and in the form ...
... structure it will be found generically distinct . It is allied to Porphyrio in the form of its bill , and in its general colouring , and to Tribonyx in the structure of its feet , while in the feebleness of its wings , and in the form ...
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... structures imbedded in rocks and strata by natural causes at a remote period ; thus wood in the state of lignite , bog ... structure is converted into stone , or , in other words , is petrified ; 1 such are the silicified stems of trees ...
... structures imbedded in rocks and strata by natural causes at a remote period ; thus wood in the state of lignite , bog ... structure is converted into stone , or , in other words , is petrified ; 1 such are the silicified stems of trees ...
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... structure of the enclosed substances ; such are the so - called petrified eggs , skulls , nests , branches , & c ... structures have perished . And here it will be necessary to remind the reader that the objects we are about to examine ...
... structure of the enclosed substances ; such are the so - called petrified eggs , skulls , nests , branches , & c ... structures have perished . And here it will be necessary to remind the reader that the objects we are about to examine ...
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... structure , the Algæ , & c . are in the first case , to the right of the entrance . A. [ 1. A , B , C. ] Algae and Fuci ( Fossil sea - plants ) .— With these are several vegetables whose characters are not accu- rately determined ; they ...
... structure , the Algæ , & c . are in the first case , to the right of the entrance . A. [ 1. A , B , C. ] Algae and Fuci ( Fossil sea - plants ) .— With these are several vegetables whose characters are not accu- rately determined ; they ...
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... structure is permeated by mineral matter , and oftentimes the original vascular tissues are transmuted into stone ... structures , as in the fossil fruits from the Isle of Sheppey . 2d . Carbonized Vegetables : The other state in which ...
... structure is permeated by mineral matter , and oftentimes the original vascular tissues are transmuted into stone ... structures , as in the fossil fruits from the Isle of Sheppey . 2d . Carbonized Vegetables : The other state in which ...
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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