Buffons Natural History V5

Author : Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333848323
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Buffon's Natural History, Vol. 5 of 10 written by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Buffon's Natural History, Vol. 5 of 10: Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &C. &C.; From the French, With Notes by the Translator Vve will begin by reducing Within its pro; per limits a subject which, at first view, appears to be immense The properties of matter which animals possess in common with inani mate beings come not within our present con sideration, and which we have already fully treated upon. For the same reason we shall reject such qualities as are found equally to belong to the vegetable and to the animal. AS in the class of animals we comprehend a num ber of animated beings, whose organization is highly different from that of man, as well as from more perfect animals, so we shall wave the consideration of them, and confine our selves to those animals which have evidently the greatest affinity to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.