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Page 27
... Carboniferous were most likely utterly unlike those we now see . ( For a good general essay on ferns the reader is referred to BERKELEY'S Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany , and for the study of genera and species to the various writ ...
... Carboniferous were most likely utterly unlike those we now see . ( For a good general essay on ferns the reader is referred to BERKELEY'S Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany , and for the study of genera and species to the various writ ...
Page 61
... carboniferous fire - clay ; one of which is non- plastic , in its natural state has the properties of the ment " ce- before mentioned , and is treated in the same way . The Mt. Savage brick are of great excellence - being equally ...
... carboniferous fire - clay ; one of which is non- plastic , in its natural state has the properties of the ment " ce- before mentioned , and is treated in the same way . The Mt. Savage brick are of great excellence - being equally ...
Page 153
... Carboniferous age are sometimes largely composed of Fusulina , and the Eocene limestones of Nummulites . A special interest in late years has been excited in this group by the alleged discovery of a huge Foraminifer ( Eozoon Canadense ) ...
... Carboniferous age are sometimes largely composed of Fusulina , and the Eocene limestones of Nummulites . A special interest in late years has been excited in this group by the alleged discovery of a huge Foraminifer ( Eozoon Canadense ) ...
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... Carboniferous formation , " etc. The theory in the coinage of the word was that it should designate certain strata which were formed by one general , common cause , even though that cause might vary in the nature and in the intensity of ...
... Carboniferous formation , " etc. The theory in the coinage of the word was that it should designate certain strata which were formed by one general , common cause , even though that cause might vary in the nature and in the intensity of ...
Page 182
... Carboniferous systems , and is well known as the Cauda - galli , or cocks- tail Fucoid . In the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous rocks is found a singular group of organisms which have been described by Prof. Hall under the name ...
... Carboniferous systems , and is well known as the Cauda - galli , or cocks- tail Fucoid . In the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous rocks is found a singular group of organisms which have been described by Prof. Hall under the name ...
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