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THEODORE H. EATON The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence

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In trying to determine the ancestral relationships of modern orders of Amphibia it is not possible to select satisfactory structural ancestors among a wealth of fossils, since very few of the known fossils could even be considered possible, and scarcely any are satisfactory, for such a selection. It shows that several features of the skeleton of frogs, such as the enlargement of the interpterygoid spaces and orbits, reduction of the more posterior dermal bones of the skull. [mehr]

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Theodore H. Eaton The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence

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THEODORE HORATIO EATON (Junior) of Detroit, the son of Theodore H. Eaton, whose biography appears elsewhere in the work, and Anne Eliza Gibbs, was born in Skaneateles, New York, January 16, 1842, in the home where his mother spent her childhood, and where his parents were married in 1839 and lived until May, 1842. He died in Detroit on November 6, 1910, following a short illness. He was taken to Detroit when four months old, and his father's large residence on Jefferson avenue, near Russell street, was completed in 1852 when he was ten years old. This remained his home until his death fifty-eight years later, and was occupied by his widow and children for only a few years afterward. It is still owned by his family and occupied in the capacity of a hospital. Mr. Eaton was educated at the school of the Rev. M. H. Hunter, on Grosse Ile during the earliest days of his boyhood, with others who have since gained considerable prestige in the city and in later years were known as the "Hunter Boys." Mr. Eaton was president of this alumni society 1885-1890. He also was a student at Burlington College, New Jersey. Another one of the schools he attended 1858-59 was the French Institute of Monsieur (the Professor) Elie Charlier, located then at 48 East Twenty-fourth street, New York city, and thereafter he went abroad for study and business training before entering his father's chemical business in the year 1859. Instead of electing to attend a university he visited the dye and chemical institutions of England, Switzerland and Germany, which was the basis of his knowledge of those trades in later years, making in all four trips abroad. In 1866 he was admitted to the partnership known as Theo. H. Eaton & Son, then located at the corner of Woodward avenue and Atwater street, which remained his office to the time of his death. He received an excellent business training under his father who was one of the most prominent business men of the city. Later it was necessary for him to give more and more time to his personal affairs and Mr. Benjamin F. Geiger acted as his manager in the chemical business. At Mr. Geiger 's death in 1905, Mr. Eaton's nephew, Rufus W. Clark, Jr., took his place and developed the business until and after Mr. Eaton's death in 1910 when it became known as Eaton-Clark Company. In 1920 Mr. Clark was succeeded as president of the company by Mr. Eaton's son, about whom an article appears elsewhere in this work. [mehr]

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Theodore H Eaton The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence

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Englisch
6034 Wörter
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In trying to determine the ancestral relationships of modern orders of Amphibia it is not possible to select satisfactory structural ancestors among a wealth of fossils, since very few of the known fossils could even be considered possible, and scarcely any are satisfactory, for such a selection. The nearest approach thus far to a solution of the problem in this manner has been made with reference to the Anura. Watson's paper (1940), with certain modifications made necessary by Gregory (1950), provides the paleontological evidence so far available on the origin of frogs. [mehr]

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Theodore H. Eaton The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence

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In trying to determine the ancestral relationships of modern orders of Amphibia it is not possible to select satisfactory [mehr]

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Ashon Thadon Awakening

He will never be the same

Fantasy
Englisch
5049 Wörter
Ab 10 Jahren
625
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Dylan Knight was already popular, good looking and a star. However, what he doesn't know is his whole life he has been living a lie. Beneath his cool exterior lies something more wicked and sinister dying to get out. He meets a temptress that promises that she can unleash what he's been hiding for so long. Vampires are never turned, they are only awakened. What will Dylan do when he undergoes his Awakening? [mehr]

Stichwörter: awakening, vampire, blood, ancestry, secrets, temptation, power, popular

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Rowan Erlking Sky Lord

A Jonis World Book

Fantasy
Englisch
56366 Wörter
Ab 14 Jahren
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Tia, the last Sky Child with demonic powers, had committed the unforgivable crime. She killed a policeman by biting his throat out. She should have been executed on the spot since in the country of Brein Amon justice was swift, but a Sky Child born with ancient demonic powers is more valuable alive than dead. It is believed that Tia, a slave and currently servant of a crime lord may know the location of the mythic treasure of the Sky Lord. Tia finds herself in the middle of a race to use her in obtaining the treasure, but she refuses to be a party to it. Instead, she uses her gifts to escape, meeting other demons, hunters, and a few kind people in what she had formerly understood to be a nasty sphere of existence. She also learns that sometimes one must trust an enemy. Sky Lord is a fantasy novel with science fiction steam punk elements. The story Sky Lord is about the self-discovery of an ignorant slave who learns that freedom is not escaped to, but created. [mehr]

Stichwörter: fantasy, demon, magic, treasure, prison break, escape, hunter, hunted, island, ancestry, woman, man, politics, corruption, journey, magician, shapeshifter, shapeshifting