Word: diplodocus
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Died, William Jacob Holland, 84. butterfly man, director emeritus of Carnegie Institute; of a stroke; in Pittsburgh. Author (the definitive Butterfly Book), paleontologist (specialties: diplodocus, dinosaur), zoologist, explorer, museum administration expert, artist, teacher, clergyman, "he knew everything about so many things that [he] . . . may well cause special wonder...
...Other dinosaurs: double-beamed Diplodocus which measured 85 ft. along long tail and long neck; stocky Brachiosaurus which could look over a four-story building; the grappling Iguanodon; spike-tailed Stegosaums with a crest of bony armor-plate along his spine. Alligators and crocodiles are insignificant living relatives of the Dinosaurs who ruled the earth from 420 to 150 million years...
...skeleton of Diplodocus Carnegii, the 85-foot saurian which waded through the swamps of Utah approximately 10,000,000 years ago, has been hewed out in 25 tons of sandstone, near Vernal, Utah, by Dr. C. W. Gilmore, of the U. S. National Museum. It was hauled 152 miles over mountains to a railroad. It will take five years to clean and mount. The original specimen of the species is in the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. Diplodocus stood 16 feet high at the hips, weighed 18 tons in the flesh, had a tiny snake-like head and an elongated neck...
...Geological Conference. Papers: Modern Theories of the Hardening of Steel. Professor Sauveur.--Diplodocus (Marsh), and other Dinosaurs. Dr. C. R. Eastman. Rotch Building...
...Geological Conference. Papers: Modern Theories of the Hardening of Steel. Professor Sauveur.--Diplodocus (Marsh), and other Dinosaurs. Dr. C. R. Eastman. Rotch Building...