A discourse on the revolutions of the surface of the globe, and the changes thereby produced in the animal kingdom / by Baron G. Cuvier.

  • Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832. Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe. English
Date:
1831
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Credit: A discourse on the revolutions of the surface of the globe, and the changes thereby produced in the animal kingdom / by Baron G. Cuvier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXPLANATION OF THE ENGRAVINGS. Figure 1. A Human Skeleton incrusted in the travertine of Guadeloupe. It is on the right side, the skull and left leg raised. a The left zygoma. b The lower jaw. c Anterior portion of the omoplate. d The shoulder-bone. e Part of the cubitus. / Part of the radius. gg Some of the wrist and finger-bones. h Left os innominatum mutilated. i The thigh-bone. k The leg. I The peroneum. mm The spine. ooo The ribs. ppp Shells incrusted in the rock. N. B.—There is a skeleton of the same kind at the British Museum. Figure 2. The upper jaw, palate and teeth, in fine preserva- tion, of the Anoplotherium Leporinum, found in the plaster of Paris quaries of Mont mar trc; two-thirds of the real size.
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