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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... contains also the Rhetorical Pieces . ) 28. PINDAR . By DAWSON W. TURNER . With the Metrical Version of MOORE . Front . 29. PLATO . Vol . V. By G. BURGES , M.A. [ The Laws . ] 33. THE COMEDIES OF PLAUTUS . By II . T. RILEY , B.A. In 2 ...
... contains also the Rhetorical Pieces . ) 28. PINDAR . By DAWSON W. TURNER . With the Metrical Version of MOORE . Front . 29. PLATO . Vol . V. By G. BURGES , M.A. [ The Laws . ] 33. THE COMEDIES OF PLAUTUS . By II . T. RILEY , B.A. In 2 ...
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... containing the fossil Alga , Fuci , & c . Minerals . The description of the mineralogical collection is not within the scope of this volume ; but for the convenience of the mineralogist who may not possess MR . KÖNIG'S excellent ...
... containing the fossil Alga , Fuci , & c . Minerals . The description of the mineralogical collection is not within the scope of this volume ; but for the convenience of the mineralogist who may not possess MR . KÖNIG'S excellent ...
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... contain various organic remains , as bones , shells , corals and other zoophytes , echinoderms , & c . The arrangement of the Fossil Animals and Vegetables is still incomplete : several cases are almost empty , and the con- tents of ...
... contain various organic remains , as bones , shells , corals and other zoophytes , echinoderms , & c . The arrangement of the Fossil Animals and Vegetables is still incomplete : several cases are almost empty , and the con- tents of ...
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... contain , will doubtless feel surprise and regret that a suite of rooms devoted to objects of such surpassing interest , and which especially require pic- torial illustrations to render them intelligible to the unin- structed observer ...
... contain , will doubtless feel surprise and regret that a suite of rooms devoted to objects of such surpassing interest , and which especially require pic- torial illustrations to render them intelligible to the unin- structed observer ...
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... contains many choice examples of the crania , teeth , and bones of the Megatherium , Dinotherium , Sivatherium , and other extinct genera of Mammalia ; and the celebrated Fossil Human Skeleton in limestone , from Guadaloupe . With these ...
... contains many choice examples of the crania , teeth , and bones of the Megatherium , Dinotherium , Sivatherium , and other extinct genera of Mammalia ; and the celebrated Fossil Human Skeleton in limestone , from Guadaloupe . With these ...
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