A great story. But I found the book a little dry.
In December 1915, the American Museum of Natural History unveiled the very first mounted Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, irrevocably cementing the image of the towering reptilian carnivore in the popular psyche. For a generation, AMNH was the only place in the world where one could see T. rex in person.
Extinct Monsters
The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World: Randall, David K
… the fossil-hunting exploits of Barnum Brown (1873–1963) …
Hailed as “the Father of the Dinosaurs” in his New York Times obituary, Brown discovered his first fossils in coal deposits his father dug up on the family’s Kansas farm. …
… famously discovered and excavated the first documented tyrannosaurus rex remains in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation. …
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The world’s first scale models were presented to the public at the Crystal Palace, London 1854.
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