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  2. Taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    The word taxidermy describes the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are called taxidermy mounts or referred to simply as "taxidermy". [ 1 ] The word taxidermy is derived from the Ancient Greek words τάξις taxis (order, arrangement) and δέρμα derma (skin). [ 2 ]

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    In 1938 they expanded the store in order to display Ted's taxidermy work – a service he provided to hunters and fisherman; this would evolve into a "Wildlife Museum" with over 400 specimens. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Because they had to haul in all of their drinking water, in 1939 the Sligers sunk a well, but the water they struck was 112°F (44.4 °C ...

  4. Conservation and restoration of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    In order to restore the taxidermy mounts and specimens, conservators removed smaller animals from the dioramas and built temporary scaffolding around larger animals, such as the 500-pound bison. Many of the larger mounts are affixed to their diorama case and could not easily be moved without risking further damage.

  5. Tocher and Tocher Taxidermists - Wikipedia

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    The expedition was to source tiger and leopard taxidermy specimens for mounting and display in the Hall of Asian Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A Tocher and Tocher Price List. There are also references to Tocher and Tocher Taxidermy in a recent book named The Last White Hunter [5] written by Joshua Mathew. [6]

  6. James Dickinson (taxidermist) - Wikipedia

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    James Arnold Dickinson was born in Leeds in 1950. [1] [2] He recalled in 2008: "I used to collect bones, feathers and insects ever since I was a boy at school.During my A-levels in the 1960s, I saw an advert in a newspaper about a bursary for a taxidermist training course run by the Museums Association".

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    [5] [6] Work orders may be for preventive maintenance [7] Contractors may use a single job work order and invoice form that contains the customer information, describes the work performed, lists charges for material and labor, and can be given to the customer as an invoice. [8] A job order is an internal document extensively used by projects ...

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  9. History of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    As documented in Frederick H. Hitchcock's 19th-century manual entitled Practical Taxidermy, the earliest known taxidermists were the ancient Egyptians and despite the fact that they never removed skins from animals as a whole, it was the Egyptians who developed one of the world's earliest forms of animal preservation through the use of injections, spices, oils, and other embalming tools. [3]