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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... resemble masses of rock , having only the forms of organic bodies . Certain peculiar conditions in which animal and vegetable remains occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former ...
... resemble masses of rock , having only the forms of organic bodies . Certain peculiar conditions in which animal and vegetable remains occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former ...
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... resemble the newest tertiary drift in materials and position , abound in bones of animals , almost all of which belong to existing species . See M. Pictet's " Palæontologie . " OOLITIC or SECONDARY EPOCHS- ( continued . ) Upper . 4 ...
... resemble the newest tertiary drift in materials and position , abound in bones of animals , almost all of which belong to existing species . See M. Pictet's " Palæontologie . " OOLITIC or SECONDARY EPOCHS- ( continued . ) Upper . 4 ...
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... resembling that of Siberia , and , like it , containing much of an olivine- like substance within its cells ; described in 1827 , and presented by Sir Woodbine Parish . A mass from the N.E. corner of Walker County , Alabama , found in ...
... resembling that of Siberia , and , like it , containing much of an olivine- like substance within its cells ; described in 1827 , and presented by Sir Woodbine Parish . A mass from the N.E. corner of Walker County , Alabama , found in ...
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... and de- scriptions of these genera of fossil ferns . Several kinds are represented in the " Pictorial Atlas , " pp . 4 , and 28-32 inclusive . species of this genus , and these resemble the living. ROOM I. 31 FOSSIL FERNS .
... and de- scriptions of these genera of fossil ferns . Several kinds are represented in the " Pictorial Atlas , " pp . 4 , and 28-32 inclusive . species of this genus , and these resemble the living. ROOM I. 31 FOSSIL FERNS .
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... resemble the living ferns of the genera Lonchitis and Woodwardia ; two occur in the Coal deposits ; the other , the one under con- sideration , in the Wealden and Green- sand . The latter appears to have been a delicate plant , for ...
... resemble the living ferns of the genera Lonchitis and Woodwardia ; two occur in the Coal deposits ; the other , the one under con- sideration , in the Wealden and Green- sand . The latter appears to have been a delicate plant , for ...
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