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Carnegie Institute.
Diploceras carnegii. Sheep Creek Albany Co. by.
The cast steel frame follows along the bottom side
of the osteotome. Those come laid in sand and a
cast made in plaster and this was then sent to
the moulds. It is about 2 1/2 "wide, about 1/2"
Thick, rounded below and slightly hollow above.
The osteotome can laid on it and held in place
by thin strips of iron held by screws to the cast
steel frame. In the same way the chevron are
fastened to its below. When the upright support-
rises come against the cast steel frame there
is an offset thus:
This cast steel frame get smaller and narrow
under the tail and thicker under the sacrum
and dorsals. Here it is nearly 4" wide at
probably 2" thick.
There is little attracting rim under the
sacrum.
Leg rims half round, side strips welded on
holding strips short rim. Pelvic rim also half
round. Ribs held by half round rim. In fact