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Total length of the body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 2 ; from tip to posterior edge of the plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 34 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , .
Total length of the body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 2 ; from tip to posterior edge of the plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 34 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , .
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... from the mine be split asunder , the ex- posed surfaces will be found covered with delicate lamina of carbonized leaves and fibres matted together , and flake after flake may be peeled off through a thickness of many inches .
... from the mine be split asunder , the ex- posed surfaces will be found covered with delicate lamina of carbonized leaves and fibres matted together , and flake after flake may be peeled off through a thickness of many inches .
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The stems vary from a few inches to several feet in diameter , and attain a length of fifty or sixty feet . They are often found erect , and uncompressed ; in general , all vestiges of internal structure are lost , the cylinder of ...
The stems vary from a few inches to several feet in diameter , and attain a length of fifty or sixty feet . They are often found erect , and uncompressed ; in general , all vestiges of internal structure are lost , the cylinder of ...
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These bodies , when uncompressed , are of a cylindrical form , from one to six or seven inches in diameter , and of great length - sometimes twenty or thirty feet - gradually lessening , and dividing and subdividing , as they extend .
These bodies , when uncompressed , are of a cylindrical form , from one to six or seven inches in diameter , and of great length - sometimes twenty or thirty feet - gradually lessening , and dividing and subdividing , as they extend .
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... the character- istic markings , only remaining in a few places . c , the decorticated part of the stem , which is covered with minute scales as far as the point h , which is a few inches below the first ramification of the roots .
... the character- istic markings , only remaining in a few places . c , the decorticated part of the stem , which is covered with minute scales as far as the point h , which is a few inches below the first ramification of the roots .
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| Title | Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum Volume 6 of Bohn's scientific library |
| Author | Gideon Algernon Mantell |
| Publisher | H. G. Bohn, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 496 pages |
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