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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... Nature , which mark the past revolutions of the Globe . " Sir H. Davy . WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCC LI . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE TRUSTEES OF THE.
... Nature , which mark the past revolutions of the Globe . " Sir H. Davy . WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCC LI . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE TRUSTEES OF THE.
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... nature which mark the revolutions of the Globe ; continents broken into islands ; one land produced , another destroyed ; the bottom of the ocean become a fertile soil ; whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuviæ of one ...
... nature which mark the revolutions of the Globe ; continents broken into islands ; one land produced , another destroyed ; the bottom of the ocean become a fertile soil ; whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuviæ of one ...
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... nature , which is divested as much as possible of technical language to render it acceptable to the unsci- entific ... natural knowledge . My excellent and lamented friend , the late CHARLES KÖNIG.
... nature , which is divested as much as possible of technical language to render it acceptable to the unsci- entific ... natural knowledge . My excellent and lamented friend , the late CHARLES KÖNIG.
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... nature . Several of the Table - cases of fossil shells are admirably arranged and named by MR . WOODWARD , and ... Natural History in the English language . Models of Fossils . - Models of some of the most remarkable fossils in the ...
... nature . Several of the Table - cases of fossil shells are admirably arranged and named by MR . WOODWARD , and ... Natural History in the English language . Models of Fossils . - Models of some of the most remarkable fossils in the ...
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... nature is engaged in writing its own history : the planet and the pebble are attended by their shadows , the rolling ... natural history which has recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of ...
... nature is engaged in writing its own history : the planet and the pebble are attended by their shadows , the rolling ... natural history which has recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of ...
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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