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Book Synopsis STANDARD NATURAL HIST by : Friedrich Von 1842-1892 Hellwald
Download or read book STANDARD NATURAL HIST written by Friedrich Von 1842-1892 Hellwald and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Natural History, Vol. 5 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History, Vol. 5: Zoology and Botany Professor of Biology, Royal Veterinary College, and of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Bedford College (university of London). 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.
Book Synopsis The Standard Natural History, Vol. 5 by : John Sterling Kingsley
Download or read book The Standard Natural History, Vol. 5 written by John Sterling Kingsley and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard Natural History, Vol. 5: Mammals In the beginning of the third volume of tills series we have a general account of the anatomy and physiology of the branch of Vertebrata; and here, as an introduction to the class of Mammals, we need only to refer very briefly to some of the special diagnostic characters which separate this group from the other divisions of backboned animals. In this account we have intentionally omitted those features which are common to all ertebrates, and all description of physiological phenomena which, as explained in the ordinary school text-books of human physiology, will apply as well to the whole class of mammals as to man. The Mammalia, the highest class of the animal kingdom, is more distinctly marked off from all other groups than are many of the classes considered in the preceding volumes. While there frequently exists a doubt as to the proper boundaries of some of the lower groups, or their relative importance in the scale of perfection, no such hesitancy is felt regarding the limits or the grade of the mammalia. Even within the limits of the class the orders are all well defined, and in most cases their relative rank is pretty well settled. This superiority of the mammalia over all other classes of the animal kingdom does not imply that every organ is more perfect or better adapted to its purpose, or that every individual is really higher; but that when we come to regard the totality of the organization, and the setting apart of portions of the body for some specific purpose, resulting in an increased differention of organs and an increased complexity of the organism, upon which alone the relative rank of animal rests, the higher rank is at once evident. Thus the human eye, far from being the perfect organ described in some works of a teleological tendency, is less perfect than that of the eagle in many respects, and yet no one would think on this account of placing the bird of prey higher than man. Like all vertebrates, the mammals never have more than two pairs of limbs, but with the exception of some of the aquatic forms (whale, etc.), these two pairs are always present, whence the name in frequent use for the class - quadrupeds. The anterior pair of limbs are never absent in the group. Except in a few forms, to be noted below, the body is covered with hair. The mouth is usually armed with teeth. The heart is four-chambered, and the circulation is complete. The blood is warm and contains non-nucleated red corpuscles. The body cavity is divided into two portions by a transverse muscle, the diaphragm, or "midriff," the anterior portion being called the pleural, and the posterior, or abdominal portion, the peritoneal cavity. The young are born alive, and are afterward nourished by milk, secreted by milkglands (mammce), whence the name of the class. 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.
Book Synopsis General Zoology, Or Systematic Natural History, Vol. 3 by : George Shaw
Download or read book General Zoology, Or Systematic Natural History, Vol. 3 written by George Shaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-24 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History, Vol. 3: Part II., Amphibia Llydrus, great Snake, slender blueish short fasciated spiral black-backed dark-blue cinereous fishing. 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.
Book Synopsis The Standard Natural History, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : J. S. Kingsley
Download or read book The Standard Natural History, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by J. S. Kingsley and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard Natural History, Vol. 2 Cuvier, in his great, divisions or branches of the animal kingdom, recognized a group Articulata characterized by having a bilaterally symmetrical body, composed of a series of rings or segments serially arranged. An excellent example of the arrangement of these rings can be seen in the common earth or angleworm. These rings make a hardened external skeleton, which at once forms a framework for the attachment of muscles, and also a protection for the internal organs. Typically, there is found in each segment a portion of each of the more important organs of the body. Just under the dorsal surface is found an elongated dorsal vessel, which represents the heart; the intestine lies in the median line of the body, which it usually traverses from end to end, while the nervous system, consisting of a series of enlargements, called ganglia, connected by nervous cords, extends along the floor of the body. This group of Articulata was still further divided into three classes: Worms, Crustacea, and Insects. This classification was long prevalent, and even at the present time it is found in use in a few text-books, though when naturalists came to study more thoroughly the principles upon which animals should be grouped, and especially upon applying the revelations of embryology, it was seen that the class of Worms contained the most heterogeneous elements, and that while certain members of it were possibly closely related to Crustacea and Insects, the great majority had no such affinity, and that the features uniting them were of not so much importance as many others. Hence, as we have seen in the preceding volume, the group of Articulata has been dismembered and dropped from use, and even the class of worms is far from being a natural one. According to the majority of the naturalists of the present day, the Crustacea and the Insects are together considered as forming a sub-kingdom, Arthropoda but the tendency of scientific thought at the present time is toward the discarding of this group, and toward the belief that the Crustacea and the Insects are generically no more closely related to each other than they are to the worms, and that each should be raised to the dignity of branches. The reasons for such a course are many, but for convenience, in the present work, the prevailing classification will be retained. 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.
Book Synopsis The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by :
Download or read book The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. 1 The interest now taken in Natural History is wide-spread and intelligent to a degree never known before, and any publication that purports to present the animal world in a new and clearer way is sure of a welcome, and as wide an acceptance as it deserves. Nothing is more essential to the successful presentation of animal life and habits than good pictures. 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.
Book Synopsis The Standard Natural History, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) by : John Sterling Kingsley
Download or read book The Standard Natural History, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) written by John Sterling Kingsley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard Natural History, Vol. 6 To-day the anthropologist calls to his assistance every possible source of informa tion; anatomy, language, history, traditions, myths, customs, habits, intellectual attain ments, all are to be weighed, criticised, and their import studied before one can arrive at a true classification Of the races of mankind, a classification which shall explain all peculiarities of geographical distribution and physical characteristics, and represent the exact relationships and inter-relationships Of each and every variety. Although much has been done in this direction within the past forty years, we are still far from our ideal, and whether such a grouping is within the power of the human mind with the materials at its disposal, we cannot at present say. 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.
Download or read book Natural History, Vol. 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History, Vol. 2: Zoology When, in 1901, the Expedition of the S.S. 'Discovery, ' under Captain Scott, R.N., was sent to the Antarctic Regions, the Trustees of the British Museum gave their assistance to this national enterprise by allowing the cases containing the natural history specimens which might be obtained by the Expedition to be sent to the Natural History Museum for unpacking and sorting. They further undertook to publish a detailed report on the collections so obtained, under the superintendence of the Director of the Natural History Departments. Some of the most important collections have been dealt with by naturalists who were members of the Expedition. Thus, the Mammals and Birds are described by Dr. Edward A. Wilson, the Isopoda and Pycnogonida by Mr. T. V. Hodgson, and the Rocks (in relation to Field Geology) by Mr. H. T. Ferrar. Other groups have been dealt with by members of the staff of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum: Mr. Boulenger describes the Fishes; Mr. E. A. Smith, the Gastropoda, Lamellibranchia, and Brachiopoda; Mr. Jeffrey Bell, the Echinoderma; Dr. Calman, the Crustacea Decapoda, and the Cumacea; Mr. Kirkpatrick, the non-calcareous Sponges; whilst Mr. G. T. Prior has prepared a petrographical description of the Rock-specimens. It has been necessary to obtain the assistance of other specialists in order to deal with the rest of the collections. 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.
Book Synopsis General Zoology, Or Systematic Natural History, Vol. 2 by : George Shaw
Download or read book General Zoology, Or Systematic Natural History, Vol. 2 written by George Shaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History, Vol. 2: Part 2. Mammalia The march of the Camel through the burning deserts of Arabia, and its signal services to the Arab, &c. &c. Have been described with peculiar animation and elegance by this agreeable author, whose wayward and mistaken theories and nume rous errors should not be allowed to prejudice us against the real merit of his writings. 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.
Book Synopsis Popular Natural History, Vol. 1 by : J. S. Kingsley
Download or read book Popular Natural History, Vol. 1 written by J. S. Kingsley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Popular Natural History, Vol. 1: A Description of Animal Life, From the Lowest Forms Up to Man IT has been the endeavor, in the preparation of these volumes, to present a popular account of Animal Life; but while scientific techni calities have been carefully kept in the background, it is hoped that scientific accuracy has not been sacrificed in the operation. To some there may appear an inequality in treatment. This, in part at least, has been intentional. Insects and Birds have already an enormous popular literature, while the other forms have been more or less neg lected. Believing that these other animals have their points Of interest and claims upon our attention, they have been given a prominence poissibly greater than they deserve. Another feature in these pages has been the collection of bits of unnatural history from the pages of the older writers. These have of course no place in our present science, but they belong to the history of zoology, and as such, have no small value, aside from their interest as scientific curiosities. It is hardly necessary to call attention to the fact that there is another Side to the animal kingdom which is fully as interesting and attractive as that presented here. In the last twenty years zoology has taken a new departure and a new lease of life. NO longer are zoologists content with watching the habits of well-known animals, and imposing long Latin names on those which are new. Museums are no longer necessary for the better class of work. To-day the student is trying to solve deeper problems. He is finding out how all animals grow from the egg to the adult condition; he is tracing resemblances, rather than difierences, and showmg the. Essential unity of all life, however great the apparent differences. 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.
Book Synopsis Random Notes on Natural History, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by :
Download or read book Random Notes on Natural History, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Random Notes on Natural History, Vol. 2 The body is of a greenish-brown color, striped with green, and the legs have three green bands around 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.
Book Synopsis Natural History (Classic Reprint) by : J. G. Wood
Download or read book Natural History (Classic Reprint) written by J. G. Wood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History Although the number of works on Natural History might deter any new writer from venturing on so extensively handled a subject, there is at present no work of a really popular character in which accuracy of information and systematic arrangement are united with brevity and simplicity of treatment. 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.
Book Synopsis Popular Natural History, Vol. 2 by : John Sterling Kingsley
Download or read book Popular Natural History, Vol. 2 written by John Sterling Kingsley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Popular Natural History, Vol. 2: A Description of Animal Life From the Lowest Forms Up to Man Still, it must be admitted that snakes do exercise a fascination of another sort over human beings, for everywhere we find traces, more or less distinct, of serpent worship. In ancient Egypt the snake and the egg were prominent symbols; among our American Indians the snake held a mystic position, and even in the religion of the Jews it was not entirely ignored, but at times it appeared as an object of genuine worship. 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.
Book Synopsis Natural History, General and Particular, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Georges Louis Leclerc
Download or read book Natural History, General and Particular, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Georges Louis Leclerc and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-26 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History, General and Particular, Vol. 2 What a variety of fprings, of powers, and of mechanical movements, are included in that {mall portion of matter of which the body of an animal is compofed What a number of rela tions, what harmony, what correfpondence a mong the diherent parts How many combina tions, arrangements, caufes, e3e&s, and principles, all confpiring to accomplilh the fame delign Of thefe we know nothing but by their refults, which are 0 difhcult to comprehend, that they ecafe only to be miraculous from our habits of inattention and our want of reliee'tion. 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."
Book Synopsis The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. 2 by : Charles John Cornish
Download or read book The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. 2 written by Charles John Cornish and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard Library of Natural History, Vol. 2: Embracing Living Animals of the World and Living Races of Mankind; Mammals Birds The male sitatunga stands about 3 feet 6 inches at the shoulder, and varies in general colour in different localities from light to dark brown. The adult females are either red with a few. Faint stripes and spots, or light brown, only retaining very faint traces of any stripes or spots. The young are, both in tropical West and Central East Africa, red, striped, and spotted with white; but in South-west Africa dark blackish brown, with spots and stripes of yellowish white. The hoofs are excessively long. And the skin which covers the back of the pastern is hairless, and ofa very thick and horny consistency. The males alone carry horns, which are of the same character as in the inyala, but more spiral and longer, having been known to attain a length of 28 inches in a straight line and 35 inches over the curve. 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.
Book Synopsis Natural History, Vol. 2 of 10 by : Pliny Pliny
Download or read book Natural History, Vol. 2 of 10 written by Pliny Pliny and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History, Vol. 2 of 10: With an English Translation, Libri III-VII The detailed contents will be found in Pliny's own outline of his work, which, with lists of the authorities used for each Book, constitutes Book I; for Books III - VII see Volume I, pp. 28 - 41, of this edition. The subject of Books III - VI is the geography, physical, political and historical, of the ancient world. Book III: Southern Spain; Southern Gaul; Italy; the Western Mediterranean and Ionian and Adriatic Islands; the countries round the north of the Adriatic. 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.
Book Synopsis The New Natural History, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Richard Lydekker
Download or read book The New Natural History, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Lydekker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Natural History, Vol. 1 N correspondence and in the course Of my lectures I have been asked a great many times to name some reliable text-book that would serve as a guide in the study of American Zoology, and hitherto, I have been unable to do so. 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.
