Catalogue Of The Madreporarian Corals In The British Museum Natural History Volume V 6 Pt 2 Volume 6

Author : Henry M. Bernard
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ISBN 13 : 9781331941613
Total Pages : 184 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum, Vol. 6 written by Henry M. Bernard and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum, Vol. 6: Natural History The present volume completes the description of the genus Pyrites, and contains also a descriptive list of Goniopor, supplementary to that given in Vol. IV. The Museum collection is not extensive, and from the Atlantic basin there are only about 50 forms of Porites. A number, however, not in the collection, have been described by other naturalists; in order to study some of these, and especially the types of Lamarck, the Author paid a visit to Paris, where he received the most courteous assistance from the officers in charge, and especially from Dr. Gravier; later on, that gentleman most kindly superintended the preparation of a series of photographs of some of the more important types in the Paris Museum for this volume. The volume has been edited by Mr. F. Jeffrey Bell. He has in this volume left the Author's observations and modes of stating them much more in the Author's original words than in previous volumes, feeling that, as this is the last volume which will be published with the method of nomenclature here adopted, it is only right that the Author should express himself in his own way. The genus appears to be comparatively recent, and this may be the explanation of the paucity of fossil types. Mr. Bullen Newton, of the Geological Department, has afforded Mr. Bernard all the advice and assistance he required. 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."