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Download or read book A Bibliography of American Natural History An annotated bibliography of the publications relating to the history biography and bibliography of American natural history and to institutions during colonial times and the pioneer century which have been published up to 1924 with a classified subject and geographic index and a bibliography of biographies written by Max Meisel and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtitle; The role played by the scientific societies; scientific journals; natural history museums and botanic gardens; state geological and natural history surveys; federal exploring expeditions in the rise and progress of American botany, geology, mineralogy, palentology and zoology.
