Pterosaurs: From Deep TimeAn epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller's Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men her family consider suitable, she yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she choses. But hidden in the attic of popular author - and noted scientific speculator - H.G. Wells is a machine that will change everything. As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem - to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need... |
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... arm bone , the humerus , was free to move in several directions and even twist backward or forward.24 As detailed in later chapters , this possibility allowed the arms to be used both for flying and walking . Lying in the center of the ...
... arms that were relatively longer than those of juveniles , although the differ- ence is smaller than expected . Pterodactylus , by contrast , seems to have been completely unaware of any theoretical predictions , and the ratio of arm to ...
... arms at the elbows and , if need be , ampli- fying this movement by raising and lowering the humerus , pterodactyloids , at least , could swing their arms backward and forward in a highly effective fashion that would have allowed them ...