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 ix
... length of its back - feathers , we may infer that it affects low and humid situations , marshes , the banks of rivers , and the coverts of dripping ferns , so abundant in its native country ; like Porphyrio , it doubtless enjoyed the ...
... length of its back - feathers , we may infer that it affects low and humid situations , marshes , the banks of rivers , and the coverts of dripping ferns , so abundant in its native country ; like Porphyrio , it doubtless enjoyed the ...
Page x
... length of the body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 23 ; from tip to posterior edge of the plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 31 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , . ' " I ...
... length of the body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 23 ; from tip to posterior edge of the plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 31 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , . ' " I ...
Page 34
... length of fifty or sixty feet . They are often found erect , and uncompressed ; in general , all vestiges of internal structure are lost , the cylinder of carbonized bark being filled up with clay or sand , and giving rise to large ...
... length of fifty or sixty feet . They are often found erect , and uncompressed ; in general , all vestiges of internal structure are lost , the cylinder of carbonized bark being filled up with clay or sand , and giving rise to large ...
Page 35
... length - sometimes twenty or thirty feet - gradually lessening , and dividing and subdividing , as they extend . The surface is marked with distinct pits or areolæ , which are either oval a 1 2 LIGN . 9. - STIGMARIA FICOIDES . COAL ...
... length - sometimes twenty or thirty feet - gradually lessening , and dividing and subdividing , as they extend . The surface is marked with distinct pits or areolæ , which are either oval a 1 2 LIGN . 9. - STIGMARIA FICOIDES . COAL ...
Page 48
... length , is perfect at the top , and at the fractured end the internal axis , surrounded by the false bark formed by the confluence and consolidation of the bases of the petioles , is exposed . ( See Lign . 16 , a ) . The stem at the ...
... length , is perfect at the top , and at the fractured end the internal axis , surrounded by the false bark formed by the confluence and consolidation of the bases of the petioles , is exposed . ( See Lign . 16 , a ) . The stem at the ...
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