Description of the Hydrarchos Harlani (Koch): A Gigantic Fossil Reptile, Lately Discovered by the Author, in the State of Alabama, March 1845 (Classic Reprint)
Description of the Hydrarchos Harlani (Koch): A Gigantic Fossil Reptile, Lately Discovered by the Author, in the State of Alabama, March 1845 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Description of the Hydrarchos Harlani (Koch): A Gigantic Fossil Reptile, Lately Discovered by the Author, in the State of Alabama, March 1845 In January, 1845, Istarted for Alabama, where I began my re searches at Claiborne, Monroe County, On the Alabama river. Here I discovered ten different beds or deposits, resting in a waiving, or rolling position one over the othe1 and forming 111 this manner, a bluff of two hundred feet in perpendicular height, above the level of the Alabama river, known by the name of ...
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Excerpt from Description of the Hydrarchos Harlani (Koch): A Gigantic Fossil Reptile, Lately Discovered by the Author, in the State of Alabama, March 1845 In January, 1845, Istarted for Alabama, where I began my re searches at Claiborne, Monroe County, On the Alabama river. Here I discovered ten different beds or deposits, resting in a waiving, or rolling position one over the othe1 and forming 111 this manner, a bluff of two hundred feet in perpendicular height, above the level of the Alabama river, known by the name of Claiborne bluff. Each sepa rate bed containing objects of the highest interest to the geologist, as well as the close observer, and each answering as a recoid of those ancient revolut'ions of 01'1r globe, during Which millions of lives were almost momentarily destroyed to make room for new ones to ap pear upon the, stage of action, to flourish for a longer or shorter p??? ried, until, in some suddenand unexpected moment, they met with the fate of and their remains formed a new bed of fossils, which. At last were unanimously upheaved out Of a deep sea; Whose waves had been rolling over them for unhao wn ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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