Increase in Size of the Horse

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/3123
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 82mm by 82mm 1 slide
      82mm by 82mm

Scope and Content

Photographs of horse skeletons showing the increase in size of the horse over time. The image shows a small articulated skeleton of the Eohippus, placed beneath the limbs of the original American horse or Equus scotti as mounted in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, USA with a scale next to them showing the progressive increase in size.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013