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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Page 37
... extremities , and at a , and b , was a mere pellicle that fell off on the slightest touch.1 1 Journal of the Geological Society of London , 1847 and 1849 . displayed and on the floor of the Victoria mine at. ROOM I. 37 SIGILLARIA .
... extremities , and at a , and b , was a mere pellicle that fell off on the slightest touch.1 1 Journal of the Geological Society of London , 1847 and 1849 . displayed and on the floor of the Victoria mine at. ROOM I. 37 SIGILLARIA .
Page 56
... extremity consists of low limestone cliffs , which are worn into numerous caverns by the constant action of the waves . The summit of the northern brow , to a depth of about thirty feet , is composed of beds of laminated calcareous ...
... extremity consists of low limestone cliffs , which are worn into numerous caverns by the constant action of the waves . The summit of the northern brow , to a depth of about thirty feet , is composed of beds of laminated calcareous ...
Page 64
... extremities have been discovered ; the presumed iden- tity cannot , therefore , be determined , till more instructive specimens are brought to light . ORNITHICHNITES . ( Footprints of Birds on stone . ) - North Wall . The river ...
... extremities have been discovered ; the presumed iden- tity cannot , therefore , be determined , till more instructive specimens are brought to light . ORNITHICHNITES . ( Footprints of Birds on stone . ) - North Wall . The river ...
Page 66
... four in the middle , b ; and five in the outer toe , C. The lobes apparent at the junction of the 1 At the cost of £ 60 . three digits are produced by the distal extremity of the. 66 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... four in the middle , b ; and five in the outer toe , C. The lobes apparent at the junction of the 1 At the cost of £ 60 . three digits are produced by the distal extremity of the. 66 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
Page 67
... extremity of the metatarsal bone : the hemispherical and circular spots with b LIGN . 21. - FOOTPRINT OF A TRIDACTYLE BIRD , AND IMPRESSIONS OF RAIN- DROPS , ON SANDSTONE . CONNECTICUT . ( Nat.size . ) which the surface of the stone is ...
... extremity of the metatarsal bone : the hemispherical and circular spots with b LIGN . 21. - FOOTPRINT OF A TRIDACTYLE BIRD , AND IMPRESSIONS OF RAIN- DROPS , ON SANDSTONE . CONNECTICUT . ( Nat.size . ) which the surface of the stone is ...
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