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Petrifactions , are the remains of animals and vegetables in which the original structure is converted into stone , or , in other words , is petrified ; 1 such are the silicified stems of trees from Antigua and Germany , and the bones ...
Petrifactions , are the remains of animals and vegetables in which the original structure is converted into stone , or , in other words , is petrified ; 1 such are the silicified stems of trees from Antigua and Germany , and the bones ...
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... occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former beings observable on the surfaces of rocks and slabs of stone , though all vestiges of the original structures have perished .
... occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former beings observable on the surfaces of rocks and slabs of stone , though all vestiges of the original structures have perished .
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This specimen is ten feet long , twenty - five feet in horizontal circumference , and fifteen feet in girth in a vertical direction ; gigantic as are these proportions , they are one - third less than those of the adult original .
This specimen is ten feet long , twenty - five feet in horizontal circumference , and fifteen feet in girth in a vertical direction ; gigantic as are these proportions , they are one - third less than those of the adult original .
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Petrified Vegetables : In this state the organic structure is permeated by mineral matter , and oftentimes the original vascular tissues are transmuted into stone : it may be calca- reous , as in some of the fossil woods from the Lias ...
Petrified Vegetables : In this state the organic structure is permeated by mineral matter , and oftentimes the original vascular tissues are transmuted into stone : it may be calca- reous , as in some of the fossil woods from the Lias ...
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But though the vegetable origin of all coal is un- questionable , yet evidence of the original structure of the plants or trees whence it was derived is not always attainable . The most perfect coal seems to have undergone a complete ...
But though the vegetable origin of all coal is un- questionable , yet evidence of the original structure of the plants or trees whence it was derived is not always attainable . The most perfect coal seems to have undergone a complete ...
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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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