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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... original structure is converted into stone , or , in other words , is petrified ; such are the silicified stems of trees from Antigua and Germany , and the bones and shells in the Oolitic and Wealden limestones . Such petrifactions may ...
... original structure is converted into stone , or , in other words , is petrified ; such are the silicified stems of trees from Antigua and Germany , and the bones and shells in the Oolitic and Wealden limestones . Such petrifactions may ...
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... original structures have perished . And here it will be necessary to remind the reader that the objects we are about to examine possess a twofold interest ; for they are to be regarded not merely as relics of extraordinary types of ...
... original structures have perished . And here it will be necessary to remind the reader that the objects we are about to examine possess a twofold interest ; for they are to be regarded not merely as relics of extraordinary types of ...
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... original vascular tissues are transmuted into stone : it may be calca- reous , as in some of the fossil woods from the Lias ; or siliceous , as in the wood from New Holland , and the palm - stems from Saxony ; or partly calcareous and ...
... original vascular tissues are transmuted into stone : it may be calca- reous , as in some of the fossil woods from the Lias ; or siliceous , as in the wood from New Holland , and the palm - stems from Saxony ; or partly calcareous and ...
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... original structure of the plants or trees whence it was derived is not always attainable . The most perfect coal seems to have undergone a complete liquefaction , and if any portions of the vegetable tissues remain , they appear as if ...
... original structure of the plants or trees whence it was derived is not always attainable . The most perfect coal seems to have undergone a complete liquefaction , and if any portions of the vegetable tissues remain , they appear as if ...
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... original structure of the plant ; they traverse the sub- stance of the stems , and although no symmetrical arrange- ment is apparent , this anomaly is probably attributable to the changes which the vegetable organization has undergone ...
... original structure of the plant ; they traverse the sub- stance of the stems , and although no symmetrical arrange- ment is apparent , this anomaly is probably attributable to the changes which the vegetable organization has undergone ...
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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