Bones
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 26 October 1909
Irving mentions that he has been able to show that the formula for the 'coffin-bones' of prehistoric horses doesn't work. However, he does confirm that the metacarpals of the Stortford horse are identical with those of the 'pleistocene' horses of Ilford in the Thames Valley and Grantchester.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 30 April [1907]
Lankester writes that the box of Roman horse bones has arrived and asks Ewart to confirm what dates he will be giving his twelve Swiney lectures.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.B Robertson, 18 November 1910
Robertson writes that he had come to the same conclusion as Ewart that a slender horse played an important part in the ancestry of the English thoroughbred. He has compared various fossilised remains and concluded that although the shaft of the central portion of the large metacarpal bone is broad, the shapes of the first three phalanger are indicative of a slender race. He makes several observations on the significance of the metacarpals.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John McDougall, 02 August 1906
McDougall, from the Veterinary Inspector's Office, Oban, writes that Miss Layard has left for England and has taken the teeth with her, but he will communicate with his friends in Iona and let Ewart know the result. Miss Layard told him that 'the bones all crumbled away whenever they were exposed to the air and therefore I fear the bones are all gone.'
Also enclosed in the letter is a piece of paper with the name of Thomas H. Dale written on it as well as some figures.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.U Duerst, 21 October 1910
Duerst writes that he has molars from heavy horses but not from Westeregeln or Thiede, and recommends that Ewart contact Professor Dr Hesse. He has studied the skeleton of the Remagen horse only rapidly and believes it is possible that the metatarsel in question may belong to another specimen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Philip J. White, 21 November 1910
White thanks Ewart for his support of his application for the Examiner to the Secretary of the Court. He reports that University College of North Wales, Bangor, has two skulls of Bos indicus and the premaxillas do not meet the nasals. He adds that is going to get the skulls photographed.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Francis Scharff, 12 March 1909
Scharff provides notes relating to the measurements of the metacarpals and metatarsels from the centre of the provincial articular surface to the dorsal ridge of various prehistoric horses that have been uncovered in excavations.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Francis Scharff, 16 March 1909
Scharff thanks Ewart for giving him his views on the metacarpals and provides some more measurements of various prehistoric horses that that have been uncovered in excavations.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, 18 November 1910
Woodward writes that he has examined the zebra skulls at the British Museum and found that the premaxilla clearly reaches and touches the nasal.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 14 December [1910]
Turner thanks Ewart for sending him the cutting from The Field and describes the bones he has acquired from various whales.
The year is not written on the letter.