The Subterranean WorldLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 522 páginas |
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... less grand and magnificent than the vista into space afforded by the contemplation of the starry heavens . The oldest and the newest stratified rocks are composed of the same mineral substances ; for clay , sandstone , and limestone ...
... less grand and magnificent than the vista into space afforded by the contemplation of the starry heavens . The oldest and the newest stratified rocks are composed of the same mineral substances ; for clay , sandstone , and limestone ...
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... less circular form ( cycloid ) , as in the salmon , herring , roach , & c . , or provided with comb - like teeth , pro- jecting from the posterior margin ( ctenoid ) , as in the sole or perch , the fishes of the Devonian , Permian , and ...
... less circular form ( cycloid ) , as in the salmon , herring , roach , & c . , or provided with comb - like teeth , pro- jecting from the posterior margin ( ctenoid ) , as in the sole or perch , the fishes of the Devonian , Permian , and ...
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... less regularly arranged . The Crinoids , or Sea - lilies , now almost entirely extinct , were ENCRINUS LILIIFORMIS . ( Muschelkalk , Germany . ) PENTACRINUS BRIAREUS . extremely common in the primeval seas . Unlike our inodern sea ...
... less regularly arranged . The Crinoids , or Sea - lilies , now almost entirely extinct , were ENCRINUS LILIIFORMIS . ( Muschelkalk , Germany . ) PENTACRINUS BRIAREUS . extremely common in the primeval seas . Unlike our inodern sea ...
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... less than forty feet ICHTHYOSAURUS COMMUNIS . long - a creature half fish , half lizard , and combining , in strange juxtaposition , the snout of the porpoise , the teeth of the crocodile , and the paddles of the whale . But the most ...
... less than forty feet ICHTHYOSAURUS COMMUNIS . long - a creature half fish , half lizard , and combining , in strange juxtaposition , the snout of the porpoise , the teeth of the crocodile , and the paddles of the whale . But the most ...
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... less resembling the teats of a cow , differed greatly from the flat - crowned grinders of the Mammoth ; but both had twenty ribs like the living elephant , and must have been similar in size and general appearance . The body of the ...
... less resembling the teats of a cow , differed greatly from the flat - crowned grinders of the Mammoth ; but both had twenty ribs like the living elephant , and must have been similar in size and general appearance . The body of the ...
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