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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... side , the river its channel in the soil , the animal its bones in the stratum , the fern and the leaf inscribe their modest epitaphs on the coal , the falling drop sculptures its story on the sand and on the stone , -not a footstep on ...
... side , the river its channel in the soil , the animal its bones in the stratum , the fern and the leaf inscribe their modest epitaphs on the coal , the falling drop sculptures its story on the sand and on the stone , -not a footstep on ...
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... side of the north wing of the Museum , extending from east to west in a suite of six rooms , nearly 400 feet in length by 36 in width . The large specimens are for the most part placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as ...
... side of the north wing of the Museum , extending from east to west in a suite of six rooms , nearly 400 feet in length by 36 in width . The large specimens are for the most part placed in upright cases affixed to the south wall ; and as ...
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... sides of the cases , and the labels attached to the specimens within.2 The cases containing the minerals are numbered and arranged in order , the first ... side , and the other thirty in a. 14 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... sides of the cases , and the labels attached to the specimens within.2 The cases containing the minerals are numbered and arranged in order , the first ... side , and the other thirty in a. 14 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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... side , and the other thirty in a reversed direction on the opposite side . The affixed numbers are here inserted between brackets . TABLE CASE 1. [ 60. ] Organico - chemical minerals - Salts : Mellite or honey - stone , found in brown ...
... side , and the other thirty in a reversed direction on the opposite side . The affixed numbers are here inserted between brackets . TABLE CASE 1. [ 60. ] Organico - chemical minerals - Salts : Mellite or honey - stone , found in brown ...
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... side branches , but becoming dichotomous at the summit . Their superficial bark was hard and durable , channelled longi- tudinally , bearing leaf - scars that are of a rounded form above and below , and angular at the sides , often ...
... side branches , but becoming dichotomous at the summit . Their superficial bark was hard and durable , channelled longi- tudinally , bearing leaf - scars that are of a rounded form above and below , and angular at the sides , often ...
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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