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Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)With the appearance of Charles Darwins work On the Origin of Species, in the year 1858, there commenced a new era in biology. Weary of the philosophical speculations which, at the beginning of this century,...
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Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume IIStudies in the Theory of Descent, Volume IIIt would be meaningless to assert that the two stages above mentioned were completely independent of one another. It is obvious that the amount of organic and living matter contained in the caterpillar determines the size of...
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Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume IStudies in the Theory of Descent, Volume IWith the appearance of Charles Darwins work On the Origin of Species, in the year 1858, there commenced a new era in biology. Weary of the philosophical speculations which, at the beginning of this century, had at...
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Anleitung zur quantitativen chemischen AnalyseAnleitung zur quantitativen chemischen AnalyseFr ANFNGER UND GEBTERE bearbeitet von Dr. C. REMIGIUS FRESENIUS, Professor der Chemie und Physik am landwirthschaftlichen Institute zu Wiesbaden und Vorsteher des chemischen Laboratoriums daselbst. DRITTE SEHR VERMEHRTE UND VERBESSERTE AUFLAGE. Mit in den Text eingedruckten Holzschnitten. Braunschweig, Druck...
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The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and FliesThe Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies - (Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera).By the Linnan system insects are divided into seven great Natural Ordersnamely, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, and Diptera. Of these, the Lepidoptera or Butterflies and...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyHOW vividly a first meeting with some interesting species rests in the memory of the bird-lover! It was at the evening twilight of October 14, 1886, that a strange whistle...
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The Mysteryes of Nature and ArtThe Mysteryes of Nature and Art - Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 2, February 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 2, February 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHE well-known spice ginger is the underground stem (rhizome) of an herbaceous reed-like plant known as Zingiber officinale. The rhizome is perennial, but the leaf and flower-bearing stems are annual....
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A Manual of Philippine BirdsA Manual of Philippine BirdsDuring several years spent in collecting zological specimens in the Philippine Islands the author has constantly experienced the need of a book containing descriptions of the Philippine birds. That others have felt the same want is evident from the many...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyA REMARKABLE example of the human-like intelligence of a chimpanzee, rivaling that of the celebrated "Mr. Crowley," of New York, so long the chief object of admiration in the museum...
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The Reason WhyThe Reason Why - A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly UnderstoodWe are all children of one Father, whose Works it should be our delight to study. As the intelligent child, standing by his parent's...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1898Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1898 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyALL animals with lungs have some sort of contrivance in the windpipe that is able to set the air in vibration as it is expelled or inhaled. Some have not...
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Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 3, No. 6, June 1898Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 3, No. 6, June 1898YES, Lowell, in a few words, describes the month of June, or, at least, he indicates something of it. But, still, what are perfect days? We look for them in April, when the birds,...
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Geology: The Science of the Earth's CrustGeology: The Science of the Earth's CrustA great ledge in Ogden Canyon near Ogden, Utah. The rock, still retaining its stratification, was deposited layer upon layer horizontally mostly as sand upon the floor of a sea which covered the region fully 25,000,000 years ago....
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Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 5 [May 1902]Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 5 [May 1902] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyThe Ardeidae, or the family of herons, egrets and bitterns, includes about seventy-five species, which are world wide in their distribution, though much more common in temperate regions. So widely scattered...
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Birds and Nature Vol. 09 No. 5 [May 1901]Birds and Nature Vol. 09 No. 5 [May 1901] - Illustrated by Color PhotographyThe name oriole is from the French word oriol, which is a corruption of the Latin word aureolus, meaning golden. The name was originally applied to a vire, but is now...
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The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living InhabitantsThe Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants."Our Planet is surrounded by two great oceans," says Dr. Maury, the eminent American savant: "the one visible, the other invisible; one is under foot, the other over head. One entirely envelopes...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 5, November 1898Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 5, November 1898 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyALL nature is attuned to music. Man may seek the fields, the forests, the mountains, and the meadows, to escape from distracting noises of the city, but nowhere, not even...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 3, No. 3, March 1898Birds and All Nature, Vol. 3, No. 3, March 1898 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHE happiness that is added to human lives by love for the lower creatures is beyond telling. Ernest von Vogelweide, the great German lyric poet of the middle ages, so...
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3TO THE FIRST EDITION. VOL. III. Grateful for the favourable reception the two preceding volumes of this work have met from the lovers of Natural History, it is with pleasure that I now present them, though late, with this...
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