Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumBohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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... - table secretion , and has acquired its crystalline structure by electro - chemical action . In Southern India and in the Brazils diamonds occur in breccia , composed of quartzose and 24 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
... - table secretion , and has acquired its crystalline structure by electro - chemical action . In Southern India and in the Brazils diamonds occur in breccia , composed of quartzose and 24 CHAP . I. PETRIFACTIONS AND THEIR TEACHINGS .
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... occur in a fossil state , and even some minute parasitical species have been detected on the leaves of fern in coal shale . 1 See " Wonders of Geology , " 6th edit . pp . 703-706 , for an account of Amber , Diamond , Bitumen , Petroleum ...
... occur in a fossil state , and even some minute parasitical species have been detected on the leaves of fern in coal shale . 1 See " Wonders of Geology , " 6th edit . pp . 703-706 , for an account of Amber , Diamond , Bitumen , Petroleum ...
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... occurring in the schists or shales that form the roof of the beds of coal.1 Many of the strata of shale are made up of carbonized fern- leaves and stems closely pressed together . The roof of a coal mine , when newly exposed , often ...
... occurring in the schists or shales that form the roof of the beds of coal.1 Many of the strata of shale are made up of carbonized fern- leaves and stems closely pressed together . The roof of a coal mine , when newly exposed , often ...
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... occur in the Coal deposits ; the other , the one under con- sideration , in the Wealden and Green- sand . The latter appears to have been a delicate plant , for though vestiges of the carbonized foliage are very generally distributed ...
... occur in the Coal deposits ; the other , the one under con- sideration , in the Wealden and Green- sand . The latter appears to have been a delicate plant , for though vestiges of the carbonized foliage are very generally distributed ...
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... occurring , like the stems of the former , both erect and cylin- drical , and prostrate and compressed , as in the examples before us . Some of these trees have been discovered almost entire , from their roots to the topmost branches ...
... occurring , like the stems of the former , both erect and cylin- drical , and prostrate and compressed , as in the examples before us . Some of these trees have been discovered almost entire , from their roots to the topmost branches ...
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ancient animal arch articular articulated beds belong birds body bones British Museum carnivora caudal vertebræ cavity cervical Cetiosaurus chalk characters clay collection colossal convex coracoid cranium 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 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-case tail teeth Teleosaurus tertiary tibia Tilgate Forest tooth Trans transverse upper vertebral column Wall-case Wealden Wonders of Geology Zealand