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as "hypothetical causes of conditions and changes of temperature in former periods of the earth's history". Saull also republished, adding a preface,
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Saull accumulated at 15 Aldersgate Street a large geological collection, together with some antiquities, mostly from London. It was described by
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were largely based in their characters on this one specimen, now NHMUK PV OR 37685 (previously BMNH 37685) in the
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