Books written by Christopher McGowan
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Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "Rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion
Watt formed a partnership with an astute businessman and factory owner named Matthew Boulton ( 1728-1809 ) , who was also a talented engineer . This was only after Watt had taken out a patent for the improved engine with a financial ...
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In the Beginning: A Scientist Shows Why the Creationists Are Wrong
with Bishop Wilberforce in the great evolution-creation debate at Oxford in 1860, recognized that Archaeopteryx, ... and the fact that almost all paleontologists now agree that birds did evolve from dinosaurs is a fitting tribute to ...
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The Dragon Seekers: How An Extraordinary Cicle Of Fossilists Discovered The Dinosaurs And Paved The Way For Darwin
... outlived them all 200 outstanding contributions 1 84 Peel dinnerparty 195 pension awarded 186 Plymouth presentation 175 portrait painted 187 portrait when young ISO portrait with grandchild 199 prolific writer 158 respectful mention ...
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The Dragon Seekers: How an Extraordinary Circle of Fossilists Discovered the Dinosaurs and Paved the Way for Darwin
A sweeping narrative history, The Dragon Seekers shows how these remarkable characters forever changed our interpretation of the world and its inhabitants.
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Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons
... Julian Mulock Page 204 J. J. Thomason 10. The Sea Dragons Pages 220 , 221 Julian Mulock Page 223 ( top , middle ) From B. Hauff and R. B. Hauff , Das Holzmaden Buch ( Fellbach : Repro - Druck Gmbh . , 1981 ) , p . 24 Page 223 ( bottom ) ...
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A Revision of the Latipinnate Ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria)
A Revision of the Latipinnate Ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria)
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Discover Dinosaurs: A Royal Ontario Museum Book
A non-fiction book for children