Project Gutenberg 2020-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 74 Owen, Richard 1804 1892 16000284 Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World Reading ease score: 48.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by deaurider, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World" by Richard Owen is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century, specifically around the Victorian era. The book explores the geological formations and the extinct animals that inhabited various periods of the Earth’s history, particularly focusing on the methods used to reconstruct these ancient creatures from fossil remains. In this work, Owen describes various geological formations, such as the Chalk, Wealden, Oolite, and Lias, detailing the unique fossils found in each layer. Moreover, the book presents detailed accounts of notable extinct animals, including the Mosasaurus, Pterodactyle, Iguanodon, and others, accompanied by descriptions of their anatomical features and habitats. Owen outlines his collaborative efforts with artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who crafted the restorations of these extinct species based on the fossilized remains. The book serves as both a scientific study and a tribute to the intricate process of understanding ancient life through geology and paleontology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Geological museums Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England) -- Guidebooks Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) -- Guidebooks Dinosaurs -- Exhibitions Paleontology -- Exhibitions Geology -- Exhibitions AM QE Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 119134 119170 2024-09-25T15:03:47.368708 2023-09-27T03:32:48.820602 text/html text/html 112524 2020-06-16T20:35:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 1270217 2024-09-25T15:03:53.620677 application/epub+zip 1271185 2024-09-25T15:03:50.291695 application/epub+zip 105195 2024-09-25T15:03:48.768737 application/epub+zip 1307961 2024-09-25T15:03:55.813657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1289363 2024-09-25T15:03:52.386691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136936 2022-09-28T06:51:08.255821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 90680 90669 2024-09-25T15:03:46.793719 2023-09-27T03:32:48.203594 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 90944 2020-06-16T20:34:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 20339 2024-09-25T15:03:55.948652 application/rdf+xml 14163 2024-09-25T15:03:48.910686 image/jpeg 2566 2024-09-25T15:03:48.864719 image/jpeg 1134523 2024-09-25T15:03:47.408731 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia