The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1860 - Geology |
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... Fossils ; by E. BILLINGS , XXXI . The Great Auroral Exhibition of Aug. 28th to Sept. 4th , 1859. - 6th Article ; by Prof. ELIAS LOOMIS , Page . 313 329 337 339 XXXII . On the direction of molecular motions in Plane Polarized Light ; by ...
... Fossils ; by E. BILLINGS , XXXI . The Great Auroral Exhibition of Aug. 28th to Sept. 4th , 1859. - 6th Article ; by Prof. ELIAS LOOMIS , Page . 313 329 337 339 XXXII . On the direction of molecular motions in Plane Polarized Light ; by ...
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... fossil records of life , in the Silurian formation , we find trilobites of various forms ; and recently a Limulus or something akin to a Limulus has been found there . There are other Crustacea ; but with these two only , is it not pos ...
... fossil records of life , in the Silurian formation , we find trilobites of various forms ; and recently a Limulus or something akin to a Limulus has been found there . There are other Crustacea ; but with these two only , is it not pos ...
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... fossil flying fish , the Pterodactyle , or huge winged fossil reptile , may suggest the possibility of a similar origin for birds . As to that difference between vegetables and animals , which some have regarded as the greatest ...
... fossil flying fish , the Pterodactyle , or huge winged fossil reptile , may suggest the possibility of a similar origin for birds . As to that difference between vegetables and animals , which some have regarded as the greatest ...
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... fossil plants of the coal - fields of America are represented in Europe . One of them is the remark- able Whittleseya elegans of Dr. Newbury , a flabellate , apparently short pedicillate , cuneiform - oval and truncate leaf , found ...
... fossil plants of the coal - fields of America are represented in Europe . One of them is the remark- able Whittleseya elegans of Dr. Newbury , a flabellate , apparently short pedicillate , cuneiform - oval and truncate leaf , found ...
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... fossil plants of the coal , as it has been established by Brongniart in his Tableau des Genres , ( certainly the best that has been attempted either before or after him ) all the European genera , even the undefined genus Aphlebia ...
... fossil plants of the coal , as it has been established by Brongniart in his Tableau des Genres , ( certainly the best that has been attempted either before or after him ) all the European genera , even the undefined genus Aphlebia ...
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