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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... surfaces of the slabs of slate and stone in the cases A , and B , before us : these are the leaves of vegetables converted into carbon or charcoal ; some of these leaves even retain their flexibility , and may be removed from the surface ...
... surfaces of the slabs of slate and stone in the cases A , and B , before us : these are the leaves of vegetables converted into carbon or charcoal ; some of these leaves even retain their flexibility , and may be removed from the surface ...
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... surface of the water.1 Both these extinct types of plants are common in the carboniferous strata.2 LIGN . 2. - ANNULARIA : IN COAL- SHALE . ( nat . size . ) 1 2 LIGN . 3. - EQUISETUM LYELLII . 3 POUNCEFORD . Fig . 1. Stem with two ...
... surface of the water.1 Both these extinct types of plants are common in the carboniferous strata.2 LIGN . 2. - ANNULARIA : IN COAL- SHALE . ( nat . size . ) 1 2 LIGN . 3. - EQUISETUM LYELLII . 3 POUNCEFORD . Fig . 1. Stem with two ...
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... surface is smooth , not striated , and is not im- pressed by the denticulations of the sheath , as in the Mare's- tail . The fructification is unknown . These plants , of which there are many specimens in Case B. ( of Eq . columnare ...
... surface is smooth , not striated , and is not im- pressed by the denticulations of the sheath , as in the Mare's- tail . The fructification is unknown . These plants , of which there are many specimens in Case B. ( of Eq . columnare ...
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... surface . When the shale or stone is of a light colour , the contrast of the black carbonized foliage increases the striking effect of these subterranean floras of the ancient world . The specimens in coal - shale exhibited in Cases B ...
... surface . When the shale or stone is of a light colour , the contrast of the black carbonized foliage increases the striking effect of these subterranean floras of the ancient world . The specimens in coal - shale exhibited in Cases B ...
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... surface , fluted longitudinally , and uniformly pitted with deep symmetrical imprints , disposed with great α 210 b LIGN . 8. - SIGILLARIA SAULLII . COAL DEPOSITS . A PORTION OF A FLATTENED STEM . a . External surface marked by the ...
... surface , fluted longitudinally , and uniformly pitted with deep symmetrical imprints , disposed with great α 210 b LIGN . 8. - SIGILLARIA SAULLII . COAL DEPOSITS . A PORTION OF A FLATTENED STEM . a . External surface marked by the ...
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