Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or,. A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumHenry G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page 22
... carbonized leaves and fibres matted together , and flake after flake may be peeled off through a thickness of many inches . Rarely are any large trunks or branches of trees observable. 22 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... carbonized leaves and fibres matted together , and flake after flake may be peeled off through a thickness of many inches . Rarely are any large trunks or branches of trees observable. 22 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
Page 25
... thickness beneath the lowest diamond beds , and indications of coal underlying the whole.1 ALGE , FUCI , & c . - Case A. - Remains of several kinds of vegetables of the simplest structure , as Fuci , Algæ , Fungi , LIGN 1. - FOSSIL ...
... thickness beneath the lowest diamond beds , and indications of coal underlying the whole.1 ALGE , FUCI , & c . - Case A. - Remains of several kinds of vegetables of the simplest structure , as Fuci , Algæ , Fungi , LIGN 1. - FOSSIL ...
Page 26
... thick membranous and coriaceous fronds , divided into digitated lobes , wide or narrow , often irregular and elongated , without nervures , and with a smooth surface , bearing irregular tubercles ; from the Oolite of Solenhofen . On the ...
... thick membranous and coriaceous fronds , divided into digitated lobes , wide or narrow , often irregular and elongated , without nervures , and with a smooth surface , bearing irregular tubercles ; from the Oolite of Solenhofen . On the ...
Page 33
... thickness , and have similar markings on both sides . They are the flattened trunks of large trees covered by the bark in the state of coal , the markings on the surface being the scars left by the separation of the leaf - stalks , like ...
... thickness , and have similar markings on both sides . They are the flattened trunks of large trees covered by the bark in the state of coal , the markings on the surface being the scars left by the separation of the leaf - stalks , like ...
Page 37
... thick at the upper part , but gradually became thinner towards the extremities , and at a , and b , was a mere pellicle that fell off on the slightest touch.1 1 Journal of the Geological Society of London , 1847 and 1849 . displayed and ...
... thick at the upper part , but gradually became thinner towards the extremities , and at a , and b , was a mere pellicle that fell off on the slightest touch.1 1 Journal of the Geological Society of London , 1847 and 1849 . displayed and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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