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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... specimen in a bath of very weak acid for hours or days , followed by prolonged washing in pure water , then painting over exposed bone to protect it from the next acid bath , is slow , but can be very effective . Indeed , it can be too ...
... specimen of Coloborhynchus in the collections of the National Science Museum in Tokyo has revealed that although the ribs were much reduced in size they were not lost , but became so tightly fused to the neck vertebrae that , in most ...
... specimen of Anurognathus also has only three bones in the wing - finger , although other anurognathids seem to have the usual complement of four . 34. The three bones of the pelvis consisted of the blade - like ilium above , the ...