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"The postdentary trough is a skeletal feature seen in Mesozoic mammals. It is found on the inside of the lower jaw (dentary), at the back behind the molar teeth. It is the hollow in which the postdentary bones and Meckel's cartilage sit. These bones form the middle ear in later mammal groups (see Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles), they include the incus (quadrate), malleus (articular), ectotympanic (angular) and prearticular.Zhe-Xi Luo 2011 Developmental patterns in Mesozoic evolution of mammal ears. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 42, 355-380 In Mesozoic mammals these bones gradually change position and size until they are incorporated in the middle ear. References Mammal anatomy Evolution of mammals "
"Jean-Gérard Fleury (24 November 1905 – 2 June 2002) was a French businessman, aviator, journalist and writer. Biography Coming from a northern farmer family from France, Fleury graduated from the Institut d’Études Politiques and became a lawyer and journalist in Paris.Une « dictature démocratique » : Getúlio Vargas, raconté par Jean-Gérard Fleury published on the site amnis.revues.org, accessdate 12 January 2017. In 1931, he made a report on the airline Toulouse-Santiago du Chili. Passionate about aviation and the Compagnie générale aéropostale, he met pilots like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, , Henri Guillaumet and Jean Mermoz. The latter will help him pass his pilot's license. He entered as head of the aeronautics section at Paris-Soir of which he will be a permanent correspondent in Brazil. Fleury began a career as a company director and worked, between 1945 and 1978, for various companies, Société Louis Bréguet and Sud-Aviation as correspondent for the daily France- Soir'. He died 2 June 2002 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1938 he was awarded the Albert Londres PrizeLauréats sur le site prixalbertlondres.com. Accessdate 12 January 2017. Works *1933: Chemins du Ciel, preface by Joseph Kessel, Lettre de Jean Mermoz, Sorlot éditeur *1938: Un Homme Libre chez les Soviets, Les Éditions de France *1939; La Ligne (de Mermoz, Guillaumet, Saint-Exupéry et de leurs compagnons), Gallimard *1940: Getulio Vargas, président des États- Unis du Brésil, Plon, Paris *1943: Sud Amérique, Éditions de la Maison Française, New York References External links * Jean-Gérard Fleury on Gallimard * Il y a 50 ans : la Postale on INA.fr People from Nord (French department) 1905 births 2002 deaths Sciences Po alumni French aviators 20th-century French journalists Albert Londres Prize recipients 20th- century French writers "
"Frontispiece of History of Japan, translated by Scheuchzer, 1727 The first map of Edo produced in Europe – Scheuchzer based it on a Japanese woodblock print. History of Japan, 1727, Tab XXX A mortality table from Scheuchzer's An account of the success of inoculating the small-pox in Great Britain, for the years 1727 and 1728 (1729) Johann Caspar Scheuchzer, (26 January 1702 – 21 April 1729; also known as Hans Kaspar and Jean Gaspard) was a Swiss naturalist, physician and writer on the history and culture of Japan Life Scheuchzer was born in Zürich. The third child of the Zürich scholar Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733) and his wife Susanna,For his mother and siblings, see Michel (2010) he grew up in a stimulating environment. His father worked as a physicist, psychiatrist, psychiatrist, naturalist and a writer on the Alps. Scheuchzer translated and edited the manuscript "Today's Japan" by Engelbert Kaempfer, which had been acquired by Hans Sloane with the rest of Kaempfer's collection – this translation was published in two folio volumes in 1727, with a title page reading: This work may have exacerbated Scheuchzer's illness and his exact cause of death is unknown. He died in spring 1729 in Sloane's house in London and was buried on 24 April in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church. Scheuchzer's edition of the History of Japan Works * Theses de diluvio publico & placido eruditorum examini subjicient Præses Johannes Jacobus Scheuchzerus Med. Doct. Math. Prof. [...] atque Joh. Casparus Scheuchzerus, J.J.F. [...] author et respondens. MDCCXXII [...] Tiguri,d. i. Zürich Ex Typographeo Bodmeriano. * John Gasper Scheuchzer: An account of the success of inoculating the small-pox in Great Britain, for the years 1727 and 1728. With a comparison between the mortality of the natural small-pox, and the miscarriages in that practice; as also some general remarks onits progress and success, since its first introduction. To which are subjoined, I. An account of the success of inoculation in foreign parts. II. A relation of the like method of giving the small-pox, as it is practised in the kingdoms of Tunis, Tripoli, and Algier. London, J. Peele, 1729. Bibliography *B. M. Bodart-Bailey: Kaempfer Restor’d. In: Monumenta Nipponica, 43, 1, 1988, S. 1–33 *Andrea Rusnock, ‘Scheuchzer , John Gaspar (1702–1729)’ – Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription required) * W. Michel: Johann Caspar Scheuchzer (1702–1729) und die Herausgabe der History of Japan. In: Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques, 64, 1, 2010 Zurich Open Repository and Archive ZORA S. 101–137 References External links * Scheuchzer, John Gaspar (1702–1729) in the Royal Society of London archive Japanologists Swiss naturalists 18th-century naturalists Fellows of the Royal Society People from Zürich 1702 births 1729 deaths Burials at Chelsea Old Church "