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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... described in a separate chapter , and a ground - plan of the Cases , and a Synopsis of their contents , are given in the first part or section of each division , to serve as a guide - book for those whose time is limited , and are ...
... described in a separate chapter , and a ground - plan of the Cases , and a Synopsis of their contents , are given in the first part or section of each division , to serve as a guide - book for those whose time is limited , and are ...
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... described by Rubin de Celis , in the Philosophical Transactions for 1783 . SMALL TABLE CASES , ETC. Fine a . Under the window at the east end of the room . masses of fossil wood from Van Diemen's Land , by Mrs. Howley : some of these ...
... described by Rubin de Celis , in the Philosophical Transactions for 1783 . SMALL TABLE CASES , ETC. Fine a . Under the window at the east end of the room . masses of fossil wood from Van Diemen's Land , by Mrs. Howley : some of these ...
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... described in 1792 ; and a small one of that found in the province of Durango , described by Baron Alexander von Humboldt ( this has by some been confounded with that of the preceding locality ) . Two pieces of the Cape meteoric iron ...
... described in 1792 ; and a small one of that found in the province of Durango , described by Baron Alexander von Humboldt ( this has by some been confounded with that of the preceding locality ) . Two pieces of the Cape meteoric iron ...
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... described in 1845 . A specimen of the iron from Burlington , in the Otsego County , New York , found in 1819 . An Esquimaux knife and harpoon ( from Davis's Straits , Lat . 76 ° 12 ' N. , Long . 53 ° ) the iron of which is meteoric ...
... described in 1845 . A specimen of the iron from Burlington , in the Otsego County , New York , found in 1819 . An Esquimaux knife and harpoon ( from Davis's Straits , Lat . 76 ° 12 ' N. , Long . 53 ° ) the iron of which is meteoric ...
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... an able work on the sub- ject , in which nearly thirty species are described . See also M. Brong- niart's " Tableau des Genres de Vég . Foss . " p . 44 . from the calciferous grit of Tilgate Forest ; and they. ROOM I. 45 PSAROLITES .
... an able work on the sub- ject , in which nearly thirty species are described . See also M. Brong- niart's " Tableau des Genres de Vég . Foss . " p . 44 . from the calciferous grit of Tilgate Forest ; and they. ROOM I. 45 PSAROLITES .
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