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 8
... surface over the upright cases is for the most part vacant and bare ; and the visitor who has previously strolled through the Egyptian Saloon and Gallery , the walls of which are adorned with paintings illustrative of the archæological ...
... surface over the upright cases is for the most part vacant and bare ; and the visitor who has previously strolled through the Egyptian Saloon and Gallery , the walls of which are adorned with paintings illustrative of the archæological ...
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... surfaces of the slabs of slate and stone in the cases A , and B , before us : these are the leaves of vegetables converted into carbon or charcoal ; some of these leaves even retain their flexibility , and may be removed from the surface ...
... surfaces of the slabs of slate and stone in the cases A , and B , before us : these are the leaves of vegetables converted into carbon or charcoal ; some of these leaves even retain their flexibility , and may be removed from the surface ...
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... surface , bearing irregular tubercles ; from the Oolite of Solenhofen . On the shelves there are pieces of ironstone with vestiges of carbonized vegetables , from the Wealden ( of Heathfield , Sussex ) , some of which are probably ...
... surface , bearing irregular tubercles ; from the Oolite of Solenhofen . On the shelves there are pieces of ironstone with vestiges of carbonized vegetables , from the Wealden ( of Heathfield , Sussex ) , some of which are probably ...
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... surface of the water . ' Both these extinct types of plants are common in the carboniferous strata.2 1 2 LIGN . 3. - EQUISETUM LYELLII . POUNCEFORD . Fig . 1. Stem with two sheaths , and a head at the lowermost joint . 2. Stem of a ...
... surface of the water . ' Both these extinct types of plants are common in the carboniferous strata.2 1 2 LIGN . 3. - EQUISETUM LYELLII . POUNCEFORD . Fig . 1. Stem with two sheaths , and a head at the lowermost joint . 2. Stem of a ...
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... surface is smooth , not striated , and is not im- pressed by the denticulations of the sheath , as in the Mare's- tail . The fructification is unknown . These plants , of which there are many specimens in Case B. ( of Eq . columnare ...
... surface is smooth , not striated , and is not im- pressed by the denticulations of the sheath , as in the Mare's- tail . The fructification is unknown . These plants , of which there are many specimens in Case B. ( of Eq . columnare ...
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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