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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... INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL , AND MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE , BY CONNECTING THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPECIMENS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR ORGANIC CHARACTERS ...
... INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL , AND MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE , BY CONNECTING THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPECIMENS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR ORGANIC CHARACTERS ...
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... interesting to the Geologist , and instructive to the student in Conchology ; to the latter I would commend , in the strongest terms , Mr. Woodward's " Manual of the Mollusca , or a Rudimentary Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells ...
... interesting to the Geologist , and instructive to the student in Conchology ; to the latter I would commend , in the strongest terms , Mr. Woodward's " Manual of the Mollusca , or a Rudimentary Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells ...
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... interesting department of natural history which has recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the earth are found in different ...
... interesting department of natural history which has recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the earth are found in different ...
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... interesting collection of the Fossil Remains of Birds from New Zealand , is the most important feature of this apartment . Rooms III . and IV . are chiefly appropriated to the Fossil Reptiles . This is indeed a noble collection ...
... interesting collection of the Fossil Remains of Birds from New Zealand , is the most important feature of this apartment . Rooms III . and IV . are chiefly appropriated to the Fossil Reptiles . This is indeed a noble collection ...
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... interesting fossil Conifera , as Pinus , Araucaria , Thuytes , Voltzia , & c . ; and fir- cones from the Crag of Norfolk . The lower division comprises examples of leaves , fruit , and stems , of extinct plants allied to the Cycadea ...
... interesting fossil Conifera , as Pinus , Araucaria , Thuytes , Voltzia , & c . ; and fir- cones from the Crag of Norfolk . The lower division comprises examples of leaves , fruit , and stems , of extinct plants allied to the Cycadea ...
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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