This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...unciform. Antero-posterior diameter, 5'2 in. Transverse, 5' in. Vertical, 47 in. Figs. 11, 11 a, 11 b, and 11 c.--Left unciform. Antero-posterior diameter, 47 in. Transverse, 4'5 in. Vertical, 4-2 in. Figs. 12, 12 a, 12 b, and 12 c Left unciform. Antero-posterior diameter, 4-in. Transverse, 3-6 in. Vertical, 3-5 in. Figs. 13, 13 a, and 13 b.--Left pollex metacarpal. Length, 5'2 in. Height of posterior surface, 3'8 in. Breadth ditto, 2'3 in. Figs. 14, 14 a, and 14 b.--Eight index metacarpal. Length, 8'3 in. Breadth of posterior surface, 2'9 in. Figs. 15, 15 a, and 15 b.--Left index metacarpal. Length, 6'8 in. Height of posterior surface, 3'3 in. Breadth ditto, 2-5 in. Figs. 16, 16 a, and 16 b.--Left index metacarpal. Length, 6-9 in. Height of posterior surface, 4-3 in. Breadth ditto, 26 in. Figs. 17, 17 a, and 17 b.--Eight medius metacarpal. Length, 7'8 in. Height of posterior surface, 4' in. Breadth ditto, 28 in. Figs. 18, 18 a, and 18 b.--Eight medius metacarpal. Length, 85 in. Height of posterior surface, 49 in. Breadth of ditto, 3'8 in. Figs. 19, 19 a, and 19 b.--Eight medius metacarpal. Length, 8'6 in. Height of posterior surface, 48 in. Breadth of ditto, 3'4 in. Figs. 20, 20 a, and 20 b.--Eight medius metacarpal. Length, 10' in. Height of posterior surface, 5' in. Breadth of ditto, 4'5 in. Figs. 21, 21 a, and 21 b.--Left annular metacarpal. Length, 7-1 in. Height of posterior surface, 3-9 in. Breadth of ditto, 3'4 in. Figs. 22, 22 a, and 22 b.--Left annular metacarpal. Length, 8-in. Height of posterior surface, 3'8 in. Breadth of ditto, 3-5 in. Figs. 23, 23 a, and 23 b.--Left annular metacarpal. Length, 7-3 in. Height of posterior surface, 3-6 in. Breadth of ditto, 3-in. Figs. 24, 24 a, and 24 b.--Eight minimus metacarpal. Length, ...

The discovery of dinosaurs and other large extinct saurians - a term under which the Victorians commonly lumped ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and their kin - makes exciting reading and has caught the attention of palaeontologists, historians of science and the general public alike. The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous fossil hunters and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world. They cover a long time span, from the beginnings of modern scientific palaeontology in the 1700s to the present, and deal with many parts of the world, from the Yorkshire coast to Central India, from Bavaria to the Sahara. The characters in these stories include professional palaeontologists and geologists (some of them well-known, others quite obscure), explorers, amateur fossil collectors, and artists, linked together by their interest in Mesozoic creatures.

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