Gideon Mantell

Gideon Algernon Mantell MRCS FRS (3 Februari 1790 – 10 November 1852) adalah seorang dokter kandungan, geolog dan paleontolog asal Inggris. Percobaan-percobaan dia untuk merekonstruksi struktur dan kehidupan Iguanodon memulai studi ilmiah mengenai dinosaurus: pada 1822, ia menemukan (dan belakangan mengidentifikasi) fosil gigi pertama, dan belakangan sebagian besar dari kerangka Iguanodon. Karya Mnatell mengenai periode Kapur Inggris selatan juga penting.

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 The Fossils of the South Downs. Royal 4to,Royal 4to is a paper size. It produces a fairly large book, with pages of 10 by 12.5 inches (250 by 320 mm) untrimmed. 42 lempeng. London 1822. Buku pertama Mantell, lempengannya digambar oleh istrinya. Mahal, dengan harga £3. 3/- (tiga guinea). Dengan harga dua kali lipat, lempengannya digambar dengan tangan.Price details from trade adverts in other volumes.
 Outlines of the natural history of the environs of Lewes. 4to, 24pp, 3pl. Lewes, 1824.
 Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, containing figures and descriptions of the fossils of Tilgate Forest. Royal 4to, 20 plates, £2. 15s. 6d. 1827.
 The Geological Age of Reptiles. In Jameson's Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 1831, Vol. 11, pp. 81–85
 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. London: Lupton Relfe, 1831.
 The Geology of the South-East of England. 8vo, with coloured maps, sections, and numerous plates, £1. 1/-. 1833.
 Thoughts on a Pebble. 1836. 8th edition, 1849
 The Wonders of Geology or, a familiar exposition of geological phenomena: being the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Brighton. 2 vols, London, 1838. Lempeng litografi digamvar oleh istrinya. Data dari 4th ed of 1840: vol 1: 428p, frontis & 4 plates; vol 2: pages 429795 plus appendix, glossary and other material, coloured frontis & 10 coloured plates, most drawn by his wife. Karya paling ekstensif Mantell
 The Medals of Creation. 2 vols, 1844.
 A Day's Ramble in and about the Antient Town of Lewes. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846.
 Thoughts on Animalcules. small 4to, 144p, 12 coloured plates. London: Murray, 1846. 1850 title: The invisible world revealed by the microscope or, thoughts on animalcules.
 Geological Excursions round the Isle of Wight and along the adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire. 1847.

 Petrifactions and their teachings. 1851.

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