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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... BIRD LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY , THOMAS LORD TRURO LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR , RIGHT HON . CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS , & c . & c . & c . THIS ATTEMPT TO RENDER THE GALLERY OF ORGANIC REMAINS MORE INTERESTING ...
... BIRD LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY , THOMAS LORD TRURO LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR , RIGHT HON . CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS , & c . & c . & c . THIS ATTEMPT TO RENDER THE GALLERY OF ORGANIC REMAINS MORE INTERESTING ...
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... Birds of Australia . " ) NOTORNIS MANTELLI . " THE acquisition of a new species is always a matter of great interest ... bird , the characters of which were first made known to us by PROFESSOR OWEN , from the fossil bones previously ...
... Birds of Australia . " ) NOTORNIS MANTELLI . " THE acquisition of a new species is always a matter of great interest ... bird , the characters of which were first made known to us by PROFESSOR OWEN , from the fossil bones previously ...
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... birds of the country in which he is resident . " EXPLANATORY . Plan of the Work . - To ensure the permanent utility of this Hand - Book , a specific notation of the Cases has been adopted in the ground - plan of each Room ; and to ...
... birds of the country in which he is resident . " EXPLANATORY . Plan of the Work . - To ensure the permanent utility of this Hand - Book , a specific notation of the Cases has been adopted in the ground - plan of each Room ; and to ...
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... Birds of New Zealand , p . 90 . CHAP . III . Part 1 , Synopsis of Room III . p . 136. - Part 2 , Fossil Reptiles , p . 147. - Part 3 , Batrachians and Saurians , p . 160. - Part 4 , Geology of the S.E. of England , p . 203. - Part 5 ...
... Birds of New Zealand , p . 90 . CHAP . III . Part 1 , Synopsis of Room III . p . 136. - Part 2 , Fossil Reptiles , p . 147. - Part 3 , Batrachians and Saurians , p . 160. - Part 4 , Geology of the S.E. of England , p . 203. - Part 5 ...
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... Birds from New Zealand , is the most important feature of this apartment . Rooms III . and IV . are chiefly appropriated to the Fossil Reptiles . This is indeed a noble collection , unrivalled for its extent and importance : most of the ...
... Birds from New Zealand , is the most important feature of this apartment . Rooms III . and IV . are chiefly appropriated to the Fossil Reptiles . This is indeed a noble collection , unrivalled for its extent and importance : most of the ...
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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