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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... rocks of North America , Europe and Mongolia.64 One or two individuals of Coloborhynchus reached more than 6 meters ( 20 feet ) in wingspan , but not all ornithocheirids were so large . The single complete skeleton of Haopterus from the ...
... rocks . Lonchodectids , seemingly unchanged from earlier forms , have been found at several levels near the base of the Chalk , a rock formed from the shells of countless billions of tiny sea organisms , higher sections of which form ...
... rocks , can be used to determine the absolute age of the enclosing rock by comparing it with rates of decay measured ... rocks , whereas fossils are normally preserved in sedimentary deposits . 6. Geological stages are split into even ...