Hoffmann, who was forming a collection of organic remains, discovered a specimen, which has conferred additional interest on this locality. Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain, perceived, to their astonishment,... Handbook Series - Page 51by American Museum of Natural History - 1913Full view - About this book
| Gideon Algernon Mantell - Geology - 1839 - 518 pages
...two and a half.) interior of the mountain, perceived, to their astonishment, the jaws of an enormous animal attached to the roof of the chasm. The discovery was immediately made known to M. Hoffmann, who repaired to the spot, and for weeks presided over the arduous task of separating from... | |
| Gideon Algernon Mantell - Geology - 1848 - 518 pages
...specimen, which has conferred additional interest on this locality. Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain, perceived, THE WONDERS OF GEOLOGY. LECT. IV. to their astonishment, the jaws of an enormous animal attached to... | |
| Gideon Algernon Mantell - Fossils - 1851 - 554 pages
...specimen which has conferred an enduring celebrity on his name. Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain,...chasm. The discovery was immediately made known to M. Hofftnan, who repaired to the spot, and for weeks presided over the arduous task of separating the... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - Astronomy - 1887 - 886 pages
...specimen, which has conferred additional interest on this locality. Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain, perceived, to their astonishment, the jaws of an enormous animal attached to the roof of the chasm. The discovery was immediately made known to M.... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...specimen, which has conferred additional interest on this locality. Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain, perceived, to their astonishment, the jaws of an enormous animal attached to the roof of the chasm. The discovery was immediately made known to M.... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - Science - 1887 - 886 pages
...specimen, which has conferred additional interest on this locality. Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain, perceived, to their astonishment, the jaws of an enormous animal attached to the roof of the chasm. The discovery was immediately made known to M.... | |
| Henry Neville Hutchinson - Animals, Fossil - 1910 - 454 pages
...St. Fond's work on the fossils of St. Peter's Mount,1 will show. " Some workmen, on blasting the rock in one of the caverns of the interior of the mountain, perceived, to their astonishment, the jaws of a largo animal attached to the roof of the chasm. The discovery was immediately made known to M. Hoffmann,... | |
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