A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... consisting of small fishes and other marine animals swimming in shoals . On the West Coast of Ireland it is chased for the sake of the oil which is extracted from the liver , one fish yielding from a ton to a ton and a half . However ...
... consisting of small fishes and other marine animals swimming in shoals . On the West Coast of Ireland it is chased for the sake of the oil which is extracted from the liver , one fish yielding from a ton to a ton and a half . However ...
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... consist chiefly of the defensive spines , scales , and teeth ; these objects , being mostly of small size , will be found in the Cases under the windows , and in Case 7 at the end of the room . The Fishes called Ganoids have derived ...
... consist chiefly of the defensive spines , scales , and teeth ; these objects , being mostly of small size , will be found in the Cases under the windows , and in Case 7 at the end of the room . The Fishes called Ganoids have derived ...
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... consisting of the wing - covers ( elytra ) of beetles from the Oolitic strata of Purbeck and Stonesfield , and Dragon - flies ( some in their larval state ) , from Solenhofen and Eningen . There is a wing of a large flying insect ...
... consisting of the wing - covers ( elytra ) of beetles from the Oolitic strata of Purbeck and Stonesfield , and Dragon - flies ( some in their larval state ) , from Solenhofen and Eningen . There is a wing of a large flying insect ...
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... by the Aëro - siderites . The former are masses of meteoric iron containing stony matter ; the latter consist of the metallic alloys of iron and nickel 44 [ UPPER NORTH GALLERY . DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY Introduction METEORITES MINERALS.
... by the Aëro - siderites . The former are masses of meteoric iron containing stony matter ; the latter consist of the metallic alloys of iron and nickel 44 [ UPPER NORTH GALLERY . DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY Introduction METEORITES MINERALS.
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British Museum (Natural History). latter consist of the metallic alloys of iron and nickel with small amounts of other metals , known as " meteoric iron . " They also contain mechanical admixtures of compounds of these metals with ...
British Museum (Natural History). latter consist of the metallic alloys of iron and nickel with small amounts of other metals , known as " meteoric iron . " They also contain mechanical admixtures of compounds of these metals with ...
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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.