. Essay on the theory of the earth . side. Length 6 breadth, 3 inches- Fig. 2. Birds eye view of half the lower jaw, displaying the angle ofdivergence. There was enough of the right side left to showits direction. Fig. 3. Perpendicular section of the aveolar progress of the right branchof the lower jaw, giving a view of the large or back grinder,and direction and figure of the roots. They are hollow, andthe external lamina of bone is seen peeling off. Fig. 4. Tooth and part of the jaw of a creature resembling the fossilanimal of Maestricht. It was found at the base of the Never-sin
. Essay on the theory of the earth . side. Length 6 breadth, 3 inches- Fig. 2. Birds eye view of half the lower jaw, displaying the angle ofdivergence. There was enough of the right side left to showits direction. Fig. 3. Perpendicular section of the aveolar progress of the right branchof the lower jaw, giving a view of the large or back grinder,and direction and figure of the roots. They are hollow, andthe external lamina of bone is seen peeling off. Fig. 4. Tooth and part of the jaw of a creature resembling the fossilanimal of Maestricht. It was found at the base of the Never-sinck hills, in New-Jersey, among belemnites and oyster-*shells. Fig. 5. A belemnite, from the same stratum. Fig. 6. Petrified echinus from Kentucky. They are said to be frequentin the Great Cavern, near the Green river. Fig. 7. Petrified echinus, from the upper country of Georgia. Therewere many more at the place whence these were taken. Fig. 8. Red oxyd of iron, containing encrinites and shells, from Onei-da county, New-York.
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