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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... sandstones , & c . ( Liverpool . ) Gypseous marls ; beds of rock salt . Fawn - coloured limestones . ( Upper Bunter , and Muschelkalk , of Germany . ) PALEOZOIC EPOCHS . Lower red sandstones . Magnesian limestones . ( Zeichstein . Lower ...
... sandstones , & c . ( Liverpool . ) Gypseous marls ; beds of rock salt . Fawn - coloured limestones . ( Upper Bunter , and Muschelkalk , of Germany . ) PALEOZOIC EPOCHS . Lower red sandstones . Magnesian limestones . ( Zeichstein . Lower ...
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... sandstone , from Turner's Falls , Massachusetts , United States of North America . This slab is 8 feet by 6 , and contains the foot - tracks of ten or twelve individuals of various sizes , which must have been impressed on the stone ...
... sandstone , from Turner's Falls , Massachusetts , United States of North America . This slab is 8 feet by 6 , and contains the foot - tracks of ten or twelve individuals of various sizes , which must have been impressed on the stone ...
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... sandstone , from Storton quarries , near Liverpool . Presented by J. Tomkinson , Esq . e . Two slabs placed upright in a case affixed to the wall , with footmarks of a similar character . These are from the triassic deposits at ...
... sandstone , from Storton quarries , near Liverpool . Presented by J. Tomkinson , Esq . e . Two slabs placed upright in a case affixed to the wall , with footmarks of a similar character . These are from the triassic deposits at ...
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... sandstone of Lemberg in Gallicia , many with insects and portions of vegetables ; fossil copal from London Clay , High- gate ; Retinasphalt , from Bovey ; Idriolite . Bitumens : mineral pitch , asphalt and jet ; Dapèche ; Hatchettine ...
... sandstone of Lemberg in Gallicia , many with insects and portions of vegetables ; fossil copal from London Clay , High- gate ; Retinasphalt , from Bovey ; Idriolite . Bitumens : mineral pitch , asphalt and jet ; Dapèche ; Hatchettine ...
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... sandstone , supposed to belong to the Triassic deposits , for there are strata of that age 400 feet in thickness beneath the lowest diamond beds , and indications of coal underlying the whole.1 ALGE , FUCI , & c . - Case A. - Remains of ...
... sandstone , supposed to belong to the Triassic deposits , for there are strata of that age 400 feet in thickness beneath the lowest diamond beds , and indications of coal underlying the whole.1 ALGE , FUCI , & c . - Case A. - Remains of ...
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