The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... quadrupeds , even of the largest magnitudes , as we shall have occasion to observe hereafter . * Here , also , occur earths and brown coal ( in which is often traced mineral amber ) , wood- coal , bituminous wood , and bog iron ore ...
... quadrupeds , even of the largest magnitudes , as we shall have occasion to observe hereafter . * Here , also , occur earths and brown coal ( in which is often traced mineral amber ) , wood- coal , bituminous wood , and bog iron ore ...
Página 70
... quadrupeds of the hugest size , elephants , hippopotami , tapirs , mammoths , and other pachydermatous , or thick - skinned monsters , have been discovered , are of this LOCAL FORMATION . The celebrated quarries of Eningen , on the ...
... quadrupeds of the hugest size , elephants , hippopotami , tapirs , mammoths , and other pachydermatous , or thick - skinned monsters , have been discovered , are of this LOCAL FORMATION . The celebrated quarries of Eningen , on the ...
Página 71
... quadrupeds ; as bones of elephants , approaching to both the Asiatic and the African species ; horns of deer , apparently as enormous as those dug up in Ireland ; bones of the bos genus ; and teeth and bones of the hippopotamus ; the ...
... quadrupeds ; as bones of elephants , approaching to both the Asiatic and the African species ; horns of deer , apparently as enormous as those dug up in Ireland ; bones of the bos genus ; and teeth and bones of the hippopotamus ; the ...
Página 87
... quadrupeds . A closer investigation , however , has since proved that this resemblance is very faint , and that the pith or medulla of * Phil . Trans . year 1669 , iv . p . 963 , -1670 , v . p . 1165. 1168. 1199 , -1671 , vi . p . 2119 ...
... quadrupeds . A closer investigation , however , has since proved that this resemblance is very faint , and that the pith or medulla of * Phil . Trans . year 1669 , iv . p . 963 , -1670 , v . p . 1165. 1168. 1199 , -1671 , vi . p . 2119 ...
Página 94
... quadrupeds , and amphibials . Its feet , which are four , are those of a quadruped ; but each of them is palmate or webbed like a wild - fowl's ; and instead of lips it has the precise bill of a shoveler or other broad - billed water ...
... quadrupeds , and amphibials . Its feet , which are four , are those of a quadruped ; but each of them is palmate or webbed like a wild - fowl's ; and instead of lips it has the precise bill of a shoveler or other broad - billed water ...
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