⇒ Bibliography about Gideon Mantell
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The Fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex, by Gideon Mantell, published 1822 (xv + 327 pp. + 42 plates, London: Lupton Relfe) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Outlines of the natural history of the environs of Lewes, by Gideon Mantell, published 1824 in The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity by Horsfield (article)
Notice on the Iguanodon, a Newly Discovered Fossil Reptile, from the Sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex, by Gideon Mantell, F.L.S., M.G.S., F.R.C.S., published 10 February 1825 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 115 (1825), article, pp.179-186) View Online
Notice on the Iguanodon, a Newly Discovered Fossil Reptile, from the Sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex, by Gideon Mantell, F.L.S., M.G.S., F.R.C.S., published 10 February 1825 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 2 (1815-1830), article, pp.234-235) View Online
Remarks on the geological position of the strata of Tilgate Forest in Sussex', in a letter to Professor Jameson, by Gideon A. Mantell, published 1826 in Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (vol. 1, article, pp.262-265)
Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex: containing a general view of the geological relations of the south-eastern part of England; with figures and descriptions of the fossils of Tilgate Forest., by Gideon Mantell, published 1827 (xii + 92 pp., London: Lupton Relfe) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Tabular Arrangement of the Organic Remains of the County of Sussex, Paper Read June 6th, 1828, by Gideon Mantell, published 1828 (Wanting Publishers) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Catalogue of the Organic Remains of Sussex etc. Abridged, by Gideon Mantell, published 1829 (London: Lupton Relfe) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
A tabular arrangement of the organic remains of the County of Sussex, by Gideon Mantell, published 1829 in Transactions of the Geological Society of London (vol. S2-3, issue 1, article, pp.201-216) View Online
A Narrative of the Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties William IV and Queen Adelaide to the Ancient Borough of Lewes, on the 22nd of October 1830, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1831 (vii + 46 pp., London: Lupton Relfe) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
The Geology of the South-East of England, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1833 (xix + 415 pp., London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Geology and Mineralogy, by Gideon Mantell, F.R.L&G.S., published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. 1, chapter I section II, article, pp.8-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Thoughts on a Pebble, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1836 (102 pp., Reeve, Benham & Reeve) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries View Online
On the bones of birds discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex., by Gideon Mantell, published 1837 in Transactions of the Geological Society of London (vol. S2-5, issue 1, article, pp.175-177) View Online
Abstract:The remains of birds are so seldom found in a fossil state, that a notice of unquestionable relics of this class of animals, however imperfect, cannot fail to be interesting to the geologist and comparative anatomist. Mr. Lyell has well remarked in his Principles of Geology, that it might readily have been anticipated, that the fossil bones of birds would be of rare occurrence, since the power of flight possessed by these animals, preserves them from many casualties by which quadrupeds are destroyed and imbedded; and that even when birds are drowned, or chance to die on the water, the tubular structure of their bones, and their feathery coverings, would generally occasion them to float on the surface, until their carcases were devoured. We find, accordingly, but very few authenticated examples of fossil birds, certainly none (with the exception of those which it is my present purpose to describe) that can be referred to strata of an earlier period than the gypsum beds of the Paris basin. It is true that the thin fragile bones which occur in the slate of Stonesfield were formerly assigned to birds ?, but all these are now known to belong to Pterodactyles.
Soon after my attention was first directed to the fossils of the Wealden of the south-east of England, I discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, several bones of such extreme tenuity as could have been required only by animals intended for flight, and some of these, from their close resemblance.
Soon after my attention was first directed to the fossils of the Wealden of the south-east of England, I discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, several bones of such extreme tenuity as could have been required only by animals intended for flight, and some of these, from their close resemblance.
The Wonders of Geology or, a familiar exposition of geological phenomena: being the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Brighton Vol I, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1838 (428 pp., London: Henry G. Bohn) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries View Online
The Wonders of Geology or, a familiar exposition of geological phenomena: being the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Brighton Vol II, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1838 (570 pp., London: Henry G. Bohn) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries View Online
Memoir on a Portion of the Lower Jaw of the Iguanodon, and on the Remains of the Hyloeosaurus and Other Saurians, Discovered in the Strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., published 18 February 1841 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 131 (1841), article, pp.131-151) View Online
Memoir on a Portion of the Lower Jaw of an Iguanodon, and other Saurian Remains Discovered in the Strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., published 24 February 1841 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 4 (1837-1843), article, p.290) View Online
On the Fossil Remains of Turtles Discovered in the Chalk Formation of the South-East of England, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., published 11 May 1841 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 131 (1841), article, pp.153-158) View Online
On the Fossil Remains of Turtles Discovered in the Chalk Formation of the South-East of England, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., published 20 May 1841 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 4 (1837-1843), article, pp.305-306) View Online
On the Pelorosaurus: an undescribed gigantic terrestrial reptile, whose remains are sssociated with those of the Iguanodon and other Saurians, in the strata of Tilgate Forest, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1844 in Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the Royal Society of London (vol. 5, article)
A Day's Ramble in and about the Ancient Town of Lewes, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1846 (157 pp., London: Henry G. Bohn) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
A Few Remarks on the Discovery of the Remains of William de Warren, and his wife Gundrad, among the ruins of the Priory of Saint Pancras, at Southover, near Lewes, in Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, LL.D., F.R.S., published 1846 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 31, article, pp.430-437) View Online
Abstract:It is not a little remarkable that so few objects of geological, or antiquarian, interest should hitherto have been brought to light, by the excavations and cuttings made, during the formation of the numerous lines of railway, in various parts of England. Extensive as are these operations, the accessions to the collection of the geologist, and to the cabinet of the antiquary, have been comparatively unimportant. The most interesting archaeological discovery effected by the railway cuttings, is unquestionably that which took place, about six weeks since, in the ruins of Lewes Priory; namely, of the two leaden coffers, containing the remains of the founder and foundress of that once celebrated religious establishment.
On the Structure of the Jaws and Teeth of the Iguanodon, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., V.P.G.S., published 25 May 1848 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 138 (1848), article, pp.183-202) View Online
Additional Observations on the Osteology of the Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., V.P.G.S., published 15 January 1849 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 139 (1849), article, pp.271-305) View Online
A brief Notice of Organic Remains recently discovered in the Wealden Formation, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published January 1849 in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (vol. 5, issue 1-2, article, pp.37-43) View Online
Abstract:As our knowledge of the zoology and botany of the islands and continents that nourished during the formation of the secondary strata, can only he extended by a diligent examination of the organic remains that may be discovered from time to time, it appears to me desirable occasionally to record, however briefly, the additions made to the fossil fauna and flora of the Wealden, in the hope of ultimately acquiring data that will afford a satisfactory elucidation of that remarkable geological epoch, "The Age of Reptiles;" - in which the vertebrated animals that inhabited the land, the air, and the waters, were, with the exception of fishes, almost exclusively of the reptilian type of organization. I therefore submit to the Society the following concise account of the Wealden fossils that have either come under my immediate notice, or of which I have received information from my correspondents, since my last communication on this subject.
Flora of the Wealden. - The additions to the Wealden flora from my own researches consist only of a few more instructive examples of Clathraria and Endogenites than any previously obtained. Specimens of the stem of Clathraria Lyellii, bearing the characteristic cicatrices formed by the attachment and subsequent separation of the petioles or leaf-stalks, have been found at Hastings, at Brook Point in the Isle of Wight, and in the Ridgway cutting near Weymouth. A water-worn fragment of a stem of Clathraria, which I picked up on the sea-shore at Brook Bay, was so much indurated as to render it
Flora of the Wealden. - The additions to the Wealden flora from my own researches consist only of a few more instructive examples of Clathraria and Endogenites than any previously obtained. Specimens of the stem of Clathraria Lyellii, bearing the characteristic cicatrices formed by the attachment and subsequent separation of the petioles or leaf-stalks, have been found at Hastings, at Brook Point in the Isle of Wight, and in the Ridgway cutting near Weymouth. A water-worn fragment of a stem of Clathraria, which I picked up on the sea-shore at Brook Bay, was so much indurated as to render it
Additional Observations on the Osteology of the Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., V.P.G.S., published 8 March 1849 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 5 (1843-1850), article, pp.804-806) View Online
On the Pelorosaurus; An Undescribed Gigantic Terrestrial Reptile Whose Remains are Associated with Those of the Iguanodon and Other Saurians in the Strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.G.S., published 22 November 1849 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 140 (1850), article, pp.379-390) View Online
Invisible World Revealed by the Microscope, or Thoughts on Animalcules, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, published 1850 (144 pp., London: John Murray) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries View Online
Supplementary Observations on the Structure of the Belemnite and Belemnoteuthis, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., published 4 February 1850 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 5 (1843-1850), article, pp.920-921) View Online
On the Pelorosaurus; an Undescribed Gigantic Terrestrial Reptile, Whose Remains are Associated with Those of the Iguanodon and other Saurians, in the Strata of Tilgate Forest, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., published 10 February 1850 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 5 (1843-1850), article, pp.921-922) View Online
On a Dorsal Dermal Spine of the Hylaeosaurus Recently Discovered in the Strata of Tilgate Forest, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, L.L.D., F.R.S., published 13 June 1850 in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (vol. 5 (1843-1850), article, pp.957-958) View Online