American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... earth . Hero- dotus ascertained the existence of fossil shells in the mountains of Egypt , and was thereby induced to conclude , that the sea must have once covered those parts . In the pyramids of Egypt , men- tioned ORT ORY.
... earth . Hero- dotus ascertained the existence of fossil shells in the mountains of Egypt , and was thereby induced to conclude , that the sea must have once covered those parts . In the pyramids of Egypt , men- tioned ORT ORY.
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... shell ; glossope- tra , bearing a form of a tongue , and sup- posed to fall from the moon , when in its wane ... shells , and other extraneous bodies ; till at length all settled down again , and formed the strata of the present earth ...
... shell ; glossope- tra , bearing a form of a tongue , and sup- posed to fall from the moon , when in its wane ... shells , and other extraneous bodies ; till at length all settled down again , and formed the strata of the present earth ...
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... shells , scales , & c . The animal , however , far exceeds the vegetable kingdom in the number and variety of fossils which it yields , as well as in the distinctness of form , and excellency of preservation , in which they are found ...
... shells , scales , & c . The animal , however , far exceeds the vegetable kingdom in the number and variety of fossils which it yields , as well as in the distinctness of form , and excellency of preservation , in which they are found ...
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... shells which have been found would require a large vo- lume ; all that can be here done is to no- tice some of those ... shell has been so injured , as to be reduced to very small fragments , and even to a very fine powder , leaving in ...
... shells which have been found would require a large vo- lume ; all that can be here done is to no- tice some of those ... shell has been so injured , as to be reduced to very small fragments , and even to a very fine powder , leaving in ...
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... shell ; that very frequently the substance of the shell is entirely altered , having become a cal- careous stone , or a siliceous or pyritous mass , and that the shells of a former world are frequently found in masses of marble , which ...
... shell ; that very frequently the substance of the shell is entirely altered , having become a cal- careous stone , or a siliceous or pyritous mass , and that the shells of a former world are frequently found in masses of marble , which ...
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