Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 13. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1877 |
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Page 236
... feet by means of the Diamond Rock - boring process they hope to penetrate the water - bearing rocks of the New Red Sandstone formation , which exist widely in Staf- fordshire , and in many places lie at an elevated level . A depth of 300 ...
... feet by means of the Diamond Rock - boring process they hope to penetrate the water - bearing rocks of the New Red Sandstone formation , which exist widely in Staf- fordshire , and in many places lie at an elevated level . A depth of 300 ...
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... feet ; as , however , several of the vertebræ are missing , the exact length is uncertain . Professor Turner gives the length of a specimen stranded in the Firth of Forth as 78 feet 9 inches , and the girth behind the flippers about 45 feet ...
... feet ; as , however , several of the vertebræ are missing , the exact length is uncertain . Professor Turner gives the length of a specimen stranded in the Firth of Forth as 78 feet 9 inches , and the girth behind the flippers about 45 feet ...
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... feet and a half . The former measures over six feet in length . If the cervical series included six vertebræ of the proportions of the one preserved , the neck of the animal must have been ten feet long . NOTES AND QUERIES . THE ...
... feet and a half . The former measures over six feet in length . If the cervical series included six vertebræ of the proportions of the one preserved , the neck of the animal must have been ten feet long . NOTES AND QUERIES . THE ...
Contents
HALFHOURS AT THE SEASIDE or Recreations with Marine Objects | 45 |
THE AQUARIUM its Inhabitants Structure and Management Illustrated | 186 |
NOTES ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL HISTORY OBJECTS | 211 |
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