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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... consist of upwards of 90 per cent . of pure iron , with a small proportion of nickel , cop- per , cobalt , & c . Native iron , of undoubtedly terrestrial origin , is of very rare occurrence , almost all the insulated masses of this ...
... consist of upwards of 90 per cent . of pure iron , with a small proportion of nickel , cop- per , cobalt , & c . Native iron , of undoubtedly terrestrial origin , is of very rare occurrence , almost all the insulated masses of this ...
Page 45
... consist of two distinct parts ; namely , an inner axis , surrounded by a zone composed of numerous cylindrical bundles of vessels , which are supposed to be roots that proceeded from the stem near its base . In the exterior portion the ...
... consist of two distinct parts ; namely , an inner axis , surrounded by a zone composed of numerous cylindrical bundles of vessels , which are supposed to be roots that proceeded from the stem near its base . In the exterior portion the ...
Page 47
... illustrate the fossils in the case before us . It consists of the summit 1 This specimen is in the collection of Captain Ibbetson , F.R S. of a stem garnished with persistent petioles or leaf -. ROOM I. 47 CLATHRARIA .
... illustrate the fossils in the case before us . It consists of the summit 1 This specimen is in the collection of Captain Ibbetson , F.R S. of a stem garnished with persistent petioles or leaf -. ROOM I. 47 CLATHRARIA .
Page 56
... consists of Kimmeridge clay , which is surmounted by beds of sand and thick layers of the oolitic limestone or Portland - stone . The strata dip to the south at an angle corresponding with the outline of the surface . The coasts are ...
... consists of Kimmeridge clay , which is surmounted by beds of sand and thick layers of the oolitic limestone or Portland - stone . The strata dip to the south at an angle corresponding with the outline of the surface . The coasts are ...
Page 57
... consists of finely laminated cream - coloured shaly lime- stone , in which casts of the fresh - water crustaceans ( Cyprides ) so abundant in the Wealden , are the only organic remains hitherto noticed . These deposits are covered by ...
... consists of finely laminated cream - coloured shaly lime- stone , in which casts of the fresh - water crustaceans ( Cyprides ) so abundant in the Wealden , are the only organic remains hitherto noticed . These deposits are covered by ...
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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