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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... fly . Emphasizing the point , the wing - finger of this embryo occupies a little over three - fifths of the total arm ... flying . To see if newly hatched pterosaurs really could get airborne , we must move on to the next stage in their ...
... fly soon after they hatched . Exactly as you would expect , flaplings had all those features of the flight apparatus that ... flying apparatus if it didn't intend them to use it ? Juvenile If the fossil record is anything to go by , the ...
... flying squirrels and the so - called flying lemur or colugo . All that is needed to glide is a surface , be it a fin or a sheet of skin stretched between the toes or limbs , that has ( or can adopt ) a curved , airfoil shape so that it ...