Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or,. A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumHenry G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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... trans- versely and polished , to exhibit the organic structure , which is beautifully preserved . On brackets between the east windows there are busts of Henry VIII . and of his daughter Mary , sculptured in brown jet . Meteoric Iron ...
... trans- versely and polished , to exhibit the organic structure , which is beautifully preserved . On brackets between the east windows there are busts of Henry VIII . and of his daughter Mary , sculptured in brown jet . Meteoric Iron ...
Page 65
... Trans . Acad . Americ . The most complete and scientific memoir on the subject is that by Professor Hitchcock , in Trans . American Academy of Arts and Science for 1848 , with numerous plates . See also Sir Charles Lyell's " Travels in ...
... Trans . Acad . Americ . The most complete and scientific memoir on the subject is that by Professor Hitchcock , in Trans . American Academy of Arts and Science for 1848 , with numerous plates . See also Sir Charles Lyell's " Travels in ...
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... by the recent Cinereous Coot ( Fulica Americana ) . See " Trans . American Geologists , " p . 259 , 1 vol . 8vo . Boston , 1843 . 1 21 Goo 1000 D 9 6000- CO Tassachusetts ,. 68 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... by the recent Cinereous Coot ( Fulica Americana ) . See " Trans . American Geologists , " p . 259 , 1 vol . 8vo . Boston , 1843 . 1 21 Goo 1000 D 9 6000- CO Tassachusetts ,. 68 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
Page 113
... " 1 Consult the commentary on the anatomical characters of the Dinornis , & c . in " Zool . Trans . " vol . iii . p . 307 , and p . 345 . Sternum . - Portions of several large sternal bones have. I ROOM II . 113 SPINAL COLUMN OF DINORNIS .
... " 1 Consult the commentary on the anatomical characters of the Dinornis , & c . in " Zool . Trans . " vol . iii . p . 307 , and p . 345 . Sternum . - Portions of several large sternal bones have. I ROOM II . 113 SPINAL COLUMN OF DINORNIS .
Page 114
... Trans . Vol . iv . Pl . IV . It is of a shield - like form , entirely destitute of a keel , and very slightly convex : it is remarkable for its breadth ; the anterior border from one costal angle to the other is seven inches ; it has a ...
... Trans . Vol . iv . Pl . IV . It is of a shield - like form , entirely destitute of a keel , and very slightly convex : it is remarkable for its breadth ; the anterior border from one costal angle to the other is seven inches ; it has a ...
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animal arch articular articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium Cretaceous 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 Isle 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-cases tail teeth Teleosaurus tertiary tibia Tilgate Forest tooth Trans transverse upper vertebral column Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand