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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... recent genera above named , I may venture to affirm that the habits and economy of the present bird more closely resemble those of the former than of the latter ; that it is doubtless of a recluse and extremely shy disposition ; that ...
... recent genera above named , I may venture to affirm that the habits and economy of the present bird more closely resemble those of the former than of the latter ; that it is doubtless of a recluse and extremely shy disposition ; that ...
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... Recent and Fossil Shells , " with numerous illustrations , 1 vol . price 2s . published by Weale , as incomparably the best and cheapest introduction to this branch of Natural History in the English language . Models of Fossils ...
... Recent and Fossil Shells , " with numerous illustrations , 1 vol . price 2s . published by Weale , as incomparably the best and cheapest introduction to this branch of Natural History in the English language . Models of Fossils ...
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... recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the earth are found in different states of preservation , and more or less 1 ...
... recently acquired the rank of a distinct branch of modern science , under the title of PALEONTOLOGY.2 As the remains of animals and plants imbedded in the earth are found in different states of preservation , and more or less 1 ...
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... recently published by the Palæonto- graphical Society of London ; 1850. See also Sir Charles Lyell's Manual of Elementary Geology , " 1851 , p . 301 . The subdivisions of the strata are chiefly founded on the. INTRODUCTION . 5.
... recently published by the Palæonto- graphical Society of London ; 1850. See also Sir Charles Lyell's Manual of Elementary Geology , " 1851 , p . 301 . The subdivisions of the strata are chiefly founded on the. INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... recent vegetable substances beneath deposits of clay , mud , silt , and sand , which shall exclude the air , and ... recently extracted from the mine be split asunder , the ex- posed surfaces will be found covered with delicate lamina of ...
... recent vegetable substances beneath deposits of clay , mud , silt , and sand , which shall exclude the air , and ... recently extracted from the mine be split asunder , the ex- posed surfaces will be found covered with delicate lamina 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