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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... occur . To avoid confusion it is , there- fore , necessary to define the sense in which these terms are used in the following pages ; especially as the words " petri- factions , " and " fossils , " are very generally regarded as syno ...
... occur . To avoid confusion it is , there- fore , necessary to define the sense in which these terms are used in the following pages ; especially as the words " petri- factions , " and " fossils , " are very generally regarded as syno ...
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... occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former beings observable on the surfaces of rocks and slabs of stone , though all vestiges of the original structures have perished . And here ...
... occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former beings observable on the surfaces of rocks and slabs of stone , though all vestiges of the original structures have perished . And here ...
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... occur in the Trias and subsequent formations : it is , therefore , inferred that after the deposition of the so - called Permian strata , a complete change took place in the faunas and floras of the lands and seas , and the Trias is ...
... occur in the Trias and subsequent formations : it is , therefore , inferred that after the deposition of the so - called Permian strata , a complete change took place in the faunas and floras of the lands and seas , and the Trias is ...
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... occur in the East Indies and the Brazils . An- thracite . Graphite . Seleniurets of lead , copper , mercury , cobalt , & c . Sulphur from the Lipari Isles . A medallion in selenium of Berzelius , the discoverer of this metal . 9. [ 56 ...
... occur in the East Indies and the Brazils . An- thracite . Graphite . Seleniurets of lead , copper , mercury , cobalt , & c . Sulphur from the Lipari Isles . A medallion in selenium of Berzelius , the discoverer of this metal . 9. [ 56 ...
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... occur in the mineral kingdom in various states of preservation , and under very different conditions ; in some cases , they are but little changed in aspect and composition ; in others , they are so completely metamorphosed that their ...
... occur in the mineral kingdom in various states of preservation , and under very different conditions ; in some cases , they are but little changed in aspect and composition ; in others , they are so completely metamorphosed that their ...
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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