Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volumen 1Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 - 87 páginas |
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... Agassiz of Neuchatel for his unreserved communications of his disco- veries relating to Fossil Fishes ; to Mr. Owen for his revision of some parts of my Chapter on Mollusks ; and to Mr. James Sowerby for his assistance in engraving most ...
... Agassiz of Neuchatel for his unreserved communications of his disco- veries relating to Fossil Fishes ; to Mr. Owen for his revision of some parts of my Chapter on Mollusks ; and to Mr. James Sowerby for his assistance in engraving most ...
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... Agassiz has observed that a sudden depression to the amount of 15 ° of the temperature of the water in the river Glat , which falls into the lake of Zurich , caused the immediate death of thousands of Barbel . The celebrated fish ...
... Agassiz has observed that a sudden depression to the amount of 15 ° of the temperature of the water in the river Glat , which falls into the lake of Zurich , caused the immediate death of thousands of Barbel . The celebrated fish ...
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... Agassiz finds that the countless individuals which occur there in Jurassic limestone , all belong to a single species , the Pyenodus rhombus . Tetragonolepis . An entire shoal seems to have been destroyed at once , at a place where the ...
... Agassiz finds that the countless individuals which occur there in Jurassic limestone , all belong to a single species , the Pyenodus rhombus . Tetragonolepis . An entire shoal seems to have been destroyed at once , at a place where the ...
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... Agassiz has observed that ra pid changes in the degree of atmospheric pressure upon the water , affect the air within the swimming bladders of fishes , sometimes causing them to be distended to a fatal degree , and even to burst ...
... Agassiz has observed that ra pid changes in the degree of atmospheric pressure upon the water , affect the air within the swimming bladders of fishes , sometimes causing them to be distended to a fatal degree , and even to burst ...
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... Agassiz , the scales of Pholidophorus limbatus , a species very frequent among the fossils of the lias , are more abundant than those of any other fish in the Coprolites found in that formation at Lyme Regis ; and show that this species ...
... Agassiz , the scales of Pholidophorus limbatus , a species very frequent among the fossils of the lias , are more abundant than those of any other fish in the Coprolites found in that formation at Lyme Regis ; and show that this species ...
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abundant adapted afford Agassiz air-chambers Ammonites ancient animal and vegetable appear Articulated beds Belemnite body bones bony bottom calcareous Carboniferous cavity Chalk chambered shells character clay Coal formation composed Coniferæ contrivances Coprolites creation creatures Crocodiles Crustaceans Cuvier Cycadeæ deposites derived discovery earth Eningen entire evidence existing external shell extinct species farther feet Ferns fluid fossil fossil Fishes fossil species fresh-water genus Geol geological globe horny Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon important inhabitants ink-bag land Lias limestone Lizards lobes Lyme Regis Mammalia marine mechanical Megalosaurus Megatherium mineral nature Nautilus Nautilus Pompilius nearly occur Oolite organic remains Pachydermata peculiar period phenomena plants Plesiosaurus portion present probably Pterodactyle quadrupeds recent represents reptiles resembling ribs rocks sand Secondary similar siphuncle skeleton specimens stems strata stratum structure substance surface teeth tion tooth Trans transverse plates Trilobites trunk vertebræ vertebral column whilst