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 viii
... nearly half a century presided over this department of the National Collection , and whose scientific friendship I had the privilege of enjoy- ing from my early years , looked forward with much pleasure to my completion of a task which ...
... nearly half a century presided over this department of the National Collection , and whose scientific friendship I had the privilege of enjoy- ing from my early years , looked forward with much pleasure to my completion of a task which ...
Page ix
... nearly extinct as to be only known to us previously by its fossil remains , the interest becomes enhanced in the highest degree . It is well known that the existence of the celebrated Dodo is all but tradi- tionary , a fate which , but ...
... nearly extinct as to be only known to us previously by its fossil remains , the interest becomes enhanced in the highest degree . It is well known that the existence of the celebrated Dodo is all but tradi- tionary , a fate which , but ...
Page 7
... nearly 400 feet in length by 36 in width . The large specimens are for the most part placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as the rooms are lighted by side - windows , instead of by sky - lights as in the Zoological ...
... nearly 400 feet in length by 36 in width . The large specimens are for the most part placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as the rooms are lighted by side - windows , instead of by sky - lights as in the Zoological ...
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... nearly in the order of their discovery , or of the first mention made of them . 1847 , ' and will , if circumstances allow it , be hereafter adopted for the collection contained in the Table Cases ; the present arrangement remaining nearly ...
... nearly in the order of their discovery , or of the first mention made of them . 1847 , ' and will , if circumstances allow it , be hereafter adopted for the collection contained in the Table Cases ; the present arrangement remaining nearly ...
Page 23
... nearly allied to Pinus abies , and P. picea , but essen- tially distinct . The Amber in the European markets is principally collected from the shores of the Baltic , between Memel and Konigsberg , being washed out of submerged beds of ...
... nearly allied to Pinus abies , and P. picea , but essen- tially distinct . The Amber in the European markets is principally collected from the shores of the Baltic , between Memel and Konigsberg , being washed out of submerged beds 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