Medusae Of The World The Scyphomedusae

Author : Alfred Goldsborough Mayor
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ISBN 13 : 9781332155712
Total Pages : 334 pages
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Download or read book Medusae of the World the Scyphomedusae, Vol. 3 written by Alfred Goldsborough Mayor and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Medusae of the World the Scyphomedusae, Vol. 3: The Scyphomedusae The present volume is a continuation of the work the two former parts of which dealt with the Hydromedusae. The acknowledgments which I was privileged to render in the introduction to the first volume need not here be repeated, pleasurable to me as such a repetition would be. Suffice it to say that the work was commenced in 1892 at the suggestion of Dr. Alexander Agassiz whose generous aid enabled me to pursue these studies for many years under the most advantageous conditions; and apart from the sense of personal gratitude I cherish toward Dr. Agassiz I hope that enough of scientific worth may be found within these volumes to cause it to appear that I have made appreciative use of the opportunities he so magnanimously accorded to me. Throughout the years I have hoped that Dr. Agassiz might live to see this work and that he might be pleased by this fruit of his inspiration, but on March 27, 1910, the great student of the oceans died upon the sea, only a few weeks before the publication of these volumes. Since the first two volumes passed under the press I have been most kindly aided by the United States Bureau of Fisheries and by the National Museum of the United States, at Washington. The authorities of the former permitted me to study the important collection of Scyphomedusae recently made by the Albatross in the Philippine Islands, and those of the latter institution were so courteous and helpful as to set aside for my use a table in the Smithsonian building in order that I might study this collection to the best advantage. It is due especially to Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries, and to Dr. Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution that I owe these highly appreciated favors. Plates 61 and 64 A and several text-figures are taken from drawings made from nature by my friend, the late Prof. William K. Brooks. These drawings were most kindly presented to me for publication in this work by Prof. E. A. Andrews, of the Johns Hopkins University, soon after the death of Professor Brooks. They will serve as memorials of the rare skill in observation and in draftsmanship of the great naturalist who made them. 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."