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Page 262
... petrifaction , the hue of the mass with which they are in contact , and which , when the process is complete , nothing will remove , and the porous parts of the bones either re- main empty , or are filled with carbonate of lime ...
... petrifaction , the hue of the mass with which they are in contact , and which , when the process is complete , nothing will remove , and the porous parts of the bones either re- main empty , or are filled with carbonate of lime ...
Page 269
... petrifaction entirely excludes the idea of their having been uncovered by the deepening of the river having washed among any portion of the secondary strata , by which they would have been ex- humed from the stratum in which they had ...
... petrifaction entirely excludes the idea of their having been uncovered by the deepening of the river having washed among any portion of the secondary strata , by which they would have been ex- humed from the stratum in which they had ...
Page 272
... petrifaction , ( specs . a and b ; ) for I have observed that in very few instances , where organic remains have been imbedded in the kankar deposit , has the bone materially differed from the present specimen . Instances have occurred ...
... petrifaction , ( specs . a and b ; ) for I have observed that in very few instances , where organic remains have been imbedded in the kankar deposit , has the bone materially differed from the present specimen . Instances have occurred ...
Page 274
... petrifaction are to be found . Bones , however , in every stage between freshness and a state approaching the hardest stone are procurable by turning over the surface about a foot deep ; but I imagine , in fact I have ascertained , that ...
... petrifaction are to be found . Bones , however , in every stage between freshness and a state approaching the hardest stone are procurable by turning over the surface about a foot deep ; but I imagine , in fact I have ascertained , that ...
Page 275
... petrifaction , ( spec . A 3 , ) which to all appearance has every property of indurated clay , the specific gravity of each being nearly the same . Composition shingle , or cement pebbles , are produced by the admix- ture of clay or ...
... petrifaction , ( spec . A 3 , ) which to all appearance has every property of indurated clay , the specific gravity of each being nearly the same . Composition shingle , or cement pebbles , are produced by the admix- ture of clay or ...
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