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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... FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower Chalk . ( South and north Downs of Sussex , Kent and Surrey ; Downs of Hants , Wilts , & c . or Upper Green Sand . ( Godstone , Chalk marl and firestone ...
... FORMATION . WEALDEN FORMATION . SECONDARY EPOCHS . Upper Chalk with flints . Lower Chalk . ( South and north Downs of Sussex , Kent and Surrey ; Downs of Hants , Wilts , & c . or Upper Green Sand . ( Godstone , Chalk marl and firestone ...
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... FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . Upper . SILURIAN FORMATION . Lower . CUMBRIAN FORMATION . ( Coral rag ...
... FORMATION . Lower . LIASSIC FORMATION . TRIASSIC ( or NEW RED ) FORMATION . PERMIAN FORMATION.1 CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION . DEVONIAN ( or OLD RED ) FORMATION . Upper . SILURIAN FORMATION . Lower . CUMBRIAN FORMATION . ( Coral rag ...
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... formation . upper C. [ 3. A , B , C , D , E , F. ] On the shelves of the division are many beautiful specimens of the flattened stems of Sigillaria , and of Lycopodiaceae or Club - mosses , from the Coal strata . The lower compartment ...
... formation . upper C. [ 3. A , B , C , D , E , F. ] On the shelves of the division are many beautiful specimens of the flattened stems of Sigillaria , and of Lycopodiaceae or Club - mosses , from the Coal strata . The lower compartment ...
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... formations of Sussex and Kent . On one of the shelves there are a few fruits from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey , belonging to plants allied to the Palms ( Nipa ) ; with leaves and stems of Palms . from other localities . Above ...
... formations of Sussex and Kent . On one of the shelves there are a few fruits from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey , belonging to plants allied to the Palms ( Nipa ) ; with leaves and stems of Palms . from other localities . Above ...
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... formation of coal ap- pears to depend on the engulfing of large quantities of recent vegetable substances beneath deposits of clay , mud , silt , and sand , which shall exclude the air , and prevent the escape of the gaseous elements ...
... formation of coal ap- pears to depend on the engulfing of large quantities of recent vegetable substances beneath deposits of clay , mud , silt , and sand , which shall exclude the air , and prevent the escape of the gaseous elements ...
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