Philosophical MagazineTaylor & Francis, 1836 - Physics |
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... feet long . The cartilaginous nature of its skeleton explains the reason why no other bones of the fossil Chimæra have been found , together with those that form their very peculiar jaws . The hard horny plates which cover these ...
... feet long . The cartilaginous nature of its skeleton explains the reason why no other bones of the fossil Chimæra have been found , together with those that form their very peculiar jaws . The hard horny plates which cover these ...
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worn out by corn . They are found within two feet of the surface , and as deep as they have dug , water having stopped them at sixteen or eighteen feet deep . They fall into powder on being stirred . " The clay inclosing the shells is ...
worn out by corn . They are found within two feet of the surface , and as deep as they have dug , water having stopped them at sixteen or eighteen feet deep . They fall into powder on being stirred . " The clay inclosing the shells is ...
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... feet . Very recently have been dis- covered at this spot , in the loam , fragments of a tooth and bones of an elephant , and a broken tooth of a rhinoceros . In the middle of the village of East Winch , by the side of the road leading ...
... feet . Very recently have been dis- covered at this spot , in the loam , fragments of a tooth and bones of an elephant , and a broken tooth of a rhinoceros . In the middle of the village of East Winch , by the side of the road leading ...
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... feet above it . Their elevation to the extreme height ( about 100 feet ) at which they are found at East Walton was probably effected by spring tides in conjunction with storms casting them upon the shore of the creek ( presuming this ...
... feet above it . Their elevation to the extreme height ( about 100 feet ) at which they are found at East Walton was probably effected by spring tides in conjunction with storms casting them upon the shore of the creek ( presuming this ...
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... feet deep ; and next below that , three feet thicknesse of firm moor ; then bluish gault , which the work- men judged to have been silt originally , because being dry , it not only crumbled , like it , but had the roots of reeds in it ...
... feet deep ; and next below that , three feet thicknesse of firm moor ; then bluish gault , which the work- men judged to have been silt originally , because being dry , it not only crumbled , like it , but had the roots of reeds in it ...
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