carboniferous

• Geologists assure us that so it was in the past; that first the lifeless strata were deposited; next, light was evolved; afterward, fishes, and marine reptiles, and birds; then came the carboniferous or plant era; afterward the mammalia; last of all man. —  Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity
• You cannot diet a patient from a book, you cannot make up the human body as you would make up a prescription,--so many parts "carboniferous," so many parts "nitrogenous" will constitute a perfect diet for the patient. —  Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not
• All that chemistry can tell us is the amount of "carboniferous" or "nitrogenous" elements discoverable in different dietetic articles. —  Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not
• The formation is sub-carboniferous and altitude 228 meters. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
• He makes the secondary formations commence with the 'upper trias', that is to say, with the upper division of our (German) bunter sandstone, while the Permian system, the carboniferous or mountain limestone, and the devonian and silurian strata, constitute his 'palaeozoic formatiions'. —  COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

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