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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Anthracotherium

Britannica 11th

ANTHRACOTHERIUM (" coal-animal," so called from the fact of the remains first described having been obtained from the Tertiary lignite-beds of Europe), a genus of extinct artiodactyle ungulate mammals, characterized by having 44 teeth, with five semi-crescenti ...

Vol. 2, pp. 106-106 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0
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Anthracite

Britannica 11th

... th Wales is confined to the contorted portion west of Swansea and Llanelly. the ANTHRACOTHERIUM— ANTHRAX central and eastern portions producing steam, coking and house coals. Anthracites of newer, tertiary or cretaceous age, are found in the Crow's Nest part o ...

Vol. 2, pp. 105-105 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 44.4
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