Charles Willson Peale ( 1741-1827 ) And His Mastodon

[DE&i]

Hi everyone,

Elliot and I took a trip down to our local libary today , firstly to exchange his books and secondly to sign a petition to stop the local council from closing it !

One of the books was called Evolution by Eyewitness Science of which so far is very interesting with the bookmark settled on a chapter called Extinct animals we are starting to read about the Mastodon .

More interesting still is reading about the gentleman Charles Willson Peale , when he found a mastodon skeleton in swampy ground and found the excavation to be very difficult. He had to design a machine to bale out the water from the pit.

( now this is the best bit to which we closed the book until tomorrow night )

This was operated by a large tread wheel , and the tourists who flocked to see the excavation were put to work operating the wheel , Peale himself painted this dramatic picture of the scene.!

Does anyone else know about or have a interest in this extraordinary person.

Regards,

D&E

[Auspex]

Charles Wilson Peale is profiled in many of the history-of-science books I have read. There was far more to him than his accomplishments as an portrait artist!

[DE&i]

You are so right there's more to this gentlemen than meets the eye. This book is producing some very interesting discoveries, we read tonight about a Belgium coal miner who found 38 Iguanodon skeletons !

Darren.