The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Volume 6Gould and Lincoln, 1855 |
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... fossils in the different sedimentary strata in their order of su- perposition ; and a discussion of the question of their appearance or disappearance , successive or simultaneous . A research into the nature of the relations existing ...
... fossils in the different sedimentary strata in their order of su- perposition ; and a discussion of the question of their appearance or disappearance , successive or simultaneous . A research into the nature of the relations existing ...
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... fossil botany of the carboniferous formation have been made by Dr. Newberry , of Cleve- land , Ohio . A severe loss ... fossils , with an atlas and geological map of the United States , has been commenced by that veteran in science ...
... fossil botany of the carboniferous formation have been made by Dr. Newberry , of Cleve- land , Ohio . A severe loss ... fossils , with an atlas and geological map of the United States , has been commenced by that veteran in science ...
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... fossil fish , have been procured by taking a cast of them in gutta percha , and sub- mitting that to the sandwich - pressing process in place of the object . A very clever fac - simile of a crushed plant is produced , and all the detail ...
... fossil fish , have been procured by taking a cast of them in gutta percha , and sub- mitting that to the sandwich - pressing process in place of the object . A very clever fac - simile of a crushed plant is produced , and all the detail ...
Page 298
... fossils he has collected and described from the Silurian system is about 1200. M. Barrande distinguishes eight stages of strata , to which he assigns a Silurian age ; four of them he regards as Lower Silurian , and four as Upper ...
... fossils he has collected and described from the Silurian system is about 1200. M. Barrande distinguishes eight stages of strata , to which he assigns a Silurian age ; four of them he regards as Lower Silurian , and four as Upper ...
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... fossil animals of the nummulitic rocks of India . The enormous increase of palæontological observations may be meas- ured by a comparison between the number of British fossils catalogued a few years since and the number at present ...
... fossil animals of the nummulitic rocks of India . The enormous increase of palæontological observations may be meas- ured by a comparison between the number of British fossils catalogued a few years since and the number at present ...
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