A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... middle passage of the room contains a series of " Barbed Corals , " selected on account of the exqui- site delicacy of their structure , most closely resembling the growth of various trees and shrubs . Some of the most interesting ...
... middle passage of the room contains a series of " Barbed Corals , " selected on account of the exqui- site delicacy of their structure , most closely resembling the growth of various trees and shrubs . Some of the most interesting ...
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... middle , and fitted for leaping . Near these , but with a small rudimentary byssiferous foot , are the Tridacnæ , one of which ( the T. gigas ) , when full grown , is the largest and heaviest of shells , some of them weighing more than ...
... middle , and fitted for leaping . Near these , but with a small rudimentary byssiferous foot , are the Tridacnæ , one of which ( the T. gigas ) , when full grown , is the largest and heaviest of shells , some of them weighing more than ...
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... middle finger of the fore - hand , and the thick thumb of the hind - hand . The skeleton of the same animal shows the strong curved chisel - shaped front teeth with these the Aye - aye gnaws down to the burrows of wood - eating grubs ...
... middle finger of the fore - hand , and the thick thumb of the hind - hand . The skeleton of the same animal shows the strong curved chisel - shaped front teeth with these the Aye - aye gnaws down to the burrows of wood - eating grubs ...
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... Middle Temple . 17. QUEEN ELIZABETH , by Federigo Zucchero . Presented by the Earl of Macclesfield , 1760 . 18. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS . 19. QUEEN ELIZABETH . " Anno DЛi 1567. " On panel . Presented by Lord Cardross , 1765 . 20. MARGARET ...
... Middle Temple . 17. QUEEN ELIZABETH , by Federigo Zucchero . Presented by the Earl of Macclesfield , 1760 . 18. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS . 19. QUEEN ELIZABETH . " Anno DЛi 1567. " On panel . Presented by Lord Cardross , 1765 . 20. MARGARET ...
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... middle and older Geological formations ; but which ( if we except the Sharks and Rays ) is rarely met with in the existing species of fishes , in which the " ho- mocercal " tail , or that with the two lobes equal , prevails . The ...
... middle and older Geological formations ; but which ( if we except the Sharks and Rays ) is rarely met with in the existing species of fishes , in which the " ho- mocercal " tail , or that with the two lobes equal , prevails . The ...
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Page 25 - Hudson, from an original by Richardson. Oliver Cromwell, by Walker (bequeathed, 1784, by Sir Robert Rich, Bart., to whose great-grandfather, Nathaniel Rich, Esq., then serving as a Colonel of Horse in the Parliament Army, it was presented by Cromwell himself). Mary Davis, an inhabitant of Great Saughall in Cheshire, taken 1668, "cetatis 74...
Page 144 - Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58. 1863, fol. £1 5*.
Page 95 - Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery, leading, by an inclined plane, from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris.
Page 96 - The next six (Nos. 51-56) formed originally part of a series illustrating the architectural works of that king, including, probably, the construction of the very edifice from which the slabs were obtained. On Nos. 51 and 52 is seen the conveyance of a colossal human-headed bull, lying sideways on a sledge, which is propelled, over wooden rollers, partly by ropes in front, partly by a lever behind. On one side...
Page 83 - Greeks heroon, and so greatly excelled all other sepulchral monuments in size, beauty of design, and richness of decoration, that it was reckoned one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the name Mausoleum came to be applied to all similar monuments.
Page 138 - Pelion, and Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus, in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. On the bottom of the vase, which is detached, is a bust of Atys.