 The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 are in use at one time; they are developed from behind forward in order to relieve the jaws from the excessive weight of the whole at one time; the outer edge of the upper teeth projects beyond...  Transactions of the Illinois Natural History Society - Page 61by Illinois Natural History Society - 1861 - 194 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 828 pages
...circumference around ribs 16 feet5 inches; tusks about 11 feet, of which 8} project beyond the sockets. The teeth consist chiefly of dentine invested by enamel,...spread over the crown. The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 are in use at one time; they are developed from behind forward in order... | |
 | Illinois State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1861 - 736 pages
...that the front teeth were used only as nippers, for biting off" branches or leaves and grass. 588 " The teeth consist chiefly of dentine, invested by...twenty-four, of -which rarely more than eight are in nse at one time. They are developed from behind, forward, in order to relieve the jaws from the excessive... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1861 - 804 pages
...circumference around ribs 16 feet 5 inches; tusks about 11 feet, of which 8J project beyond the sockets. The teeth consist chiefly of dentine invested by enamel,...spread over the crown. The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 are in use at one time ; they are developed from behind forward in... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1861 - 812 pages
...circumference around ribs 1C feet 5 inches ; tusks about 11 feet, of which 8| project beyond the sockets. The teeth consist chiefly of dentine invested by enamel,...cement, thinner than in the elephant, invests the fungs and is spread over the crown. The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 are... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 900 pages
...circumference around ribs 16 ft. 5 in. ; tusks about 1 1 ft., of which 8£ project beyond the sockets. The teeth consist chiefly of dentine invested by enamel,...spread over the crown.- The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 were in use at one time ; they are developed from behind forward in... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 912 pages
...circumference around ribs 16 ft. 5 in.; tusks about 1 1 ft., of which 8$ project beyond the sockets. The teeth consist chiefly of dentine invested by enamel,...spread over the crown. The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 were in use at one time ; they are developed from behind forward in... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 938 pages
...fangs and is spread over the crown. The whole number of teeth is 24, of which rarely more than 8 were in use at one time ; they are developed from behind...the jaws from the excessive weight of the whole at one time ; the outer edge of the upper teeth projects beyond that of the lower. Two on each side in... | |
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