The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... known re- solution . Thus with lime is formed the found , which agree w resemblance ap- calcareous wood or wood - marble of Ox- fordshire and Dorsetshire , of Piedmont , and of Bohemia ; with silex is formed the calcedonified ...
... known re- solution . Thus with lime is formed the found , which agree w resemblance ap- calcareous wood or wood - marble of Ox- fordshire and Dorsetshire , of Piedmont , and of Bohemia ; with silex is formed the calcedonified ...
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... known recent Tubipore , give reason for supposing that the number of species of fossil Tubipores exceeds that of the re- cent species . The fossil Madre pores are not less rich in variety , nor less comparatively nume- rous , than the ...
... known recent Tubipore , give reason for supposing that the number of species of fossil Tubipores exceeds that of the re- cent species . The fossil Madre pores are not less rich in variety , nor less comparatively nume- rous , than the ...
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... known in a recent state . This is the case also , in a still greater degree , with the genus Trochus . The fossil shells of the genus Turbo are pretty numerous , and some of them very closely resemble those of known recent species . One ...
... known in a recent state . This is the case also , in a still greater degree , with the genus Trochus . The fossil shells of the genus Turbo are pretty numerous , and some of them very closely resemble those of known recent species . One ...
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