Download or read book Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom Being a Systematic and Popular Description of the Habits Structure and Classification of Animals written by Samuel G. Goodrich and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom, Being a Systematic and Popular Description of the Habits, Structure, and Classification of Animals From the Highest to the Lowest Forms, Vol. 2 The organs of circulation and respiration in birds are adapted to their peculiar mode of life they are not, however, separated from the abdominal cavity by a diaphragm, as in the mammalia. The heart consists of four distinctly separated cavities - two auricles and two ventricles - se that the venous and arterial blood can never mix in that organ, and the whole of the blood returned from the different parts of the body passes through the lungs before being again driven into the systemic arteries. The blood is received from the veins of the body in the right auricle, from which it passes through a valvular opening into the right ventricle, and is thence driven into the lungs. From these organs it returns through the pulmonary veins into the left auricle, and passes thence into the ventricle of the same side, by the contraction of which it is driven into the aorta. This soon divides into two branches, which by their further subdivision give rise to the arteries of the body. The jaws 011 mandibles are sheathed in a horny case, usually of a conical form, on the sides of which are the nostrils. In most birds the sides of this sheath or bill are smooth and sharp, but in some they are denticulated along the margins. The two anterior members of the body are extended into wings. The beak is used instead of hands, and such is the flexibility of the verte bral column, that the bird is able to touch with its beak every part of its body. This curious and important result is obtained chiefly by the lengthened vertebrae of the neck, which in the swan consists of twenty-three bones, in the stork of nineteen, the ostrich eighteen, the domestic cock thirteen, the raven twelve. The vertebrae of the back are seven to eleven; the ribs never exceed ten on each side. The clothing of the skin of birds, consists of feathers, which in their nature and development re semble hair, but are of a far more complicated structure. A perfect feather consists of the shaft or central stem, which is tubular at the base, where it is inserted into the skin, and the barbs or fibers, which form the webs on each side of the shaft. The two principal modifications of feathers are quills and plumes, the former confined to the wings and tail, the latter constituting the gen eral clothing of the body. Besides the common feathers, the skin of many birds, and especially of the aquatic species, in which the accessory plumules rarely exist, is covered with a thick coat ing of down, which consists of a multitude of small feathers of peculiar construction each of these down feathers is composed of a very small, soft tube imbedded in the skin, from the interior of which there rises a small tuft of soft filaments, without any central shaft. These filaments are very slender, and bear on each side a series of still more delicate filaments, which may be regarded as analogous to the barbules of the ordinary feathers. This downy coat fulfills the same office as the soft, woolly fur of many quadrupeds, the ordinary feathers being analogous to the long, smooth hair by which the fur of those animals is concealed. The skin also bears a good many hair-like appendages, which are usually scattered sparingly over its surface; they rise from a bulb which is imbedded in the skin, and usually indicate their relation to the ordinary feathers by the presence of a few minute barbs toward the apex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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Download or read book Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom Being a Systematic and Popular Description of the Habits Structure and Classification of Animals From the Highest to the Lowest Forms With Their Relations to Agriculture Commerce Manufactures and Th written by Samuel G 1793-1860 Goodrich and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 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 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. 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.
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Download or read book Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom Vol 1 written by Samuel Griswold Goodrich and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom, Vol. 1: Being a Systematic and Popular Description of the Habits, Structure, and Classification of Animals From the Highest to the Lowest Forms, With Their Relations to Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and the Arts Nor has this subject been less fortunate in its scientific treatment. Not to speak of Linnaeus, who wrote a century ago, and whose great name can never be overshadowed by comparison, George Cuvier, the Master Mind of his age, though by no means neglect ing the external qualities of animals, explored with a profound sagacity their internal structure. The result is well known - the new science of Comparative Anatomy, that has waked from their sleep of ages the multitudinous races of extinct animals; and furthermore, Cuvier's example has led to the study of the structure of existing races as the very basis of Scientific Zoology. And what an array of great names has since fol lowed in his track! The general effect is an expans1on of the science beyond the com prehension of any single mind, and hence different authors have devoted themselves to special branches, one to insects, nay, often to a single genus of insects another to reptiles; another to star-fishes; another to the infusoria, and so on.il Often has the whole life of a great man been devoted to the study of a single family, even of the lower forms of life and this, after all his studies, has been found to have depths vet unsounded. 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 ILLUS NATURAL HIST OF THE ANIM written by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) 1. Goodrich and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 758 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.
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Download or read book The Animal Kingdom Vol 1 written by Hugh Craig and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Animal Kingdom, Vol. 1: Based Upon the Writings of the Eminent Naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood, and Others It does not require to be pointed out how fascinating a study Natural History in all its branches must ever be, or what a perpetual source of interest can be found in observing the forms and habits Of the living creatures which meet our view whatever portion of the world we visit. Still more interesting and more instructive must be a knowledge Of that class of Animated Nature to which man himself belongs, and which contains such friends of man as the dog that guards him, the horse that labors for him, the ox that supplies him food, and the sheep that furnishes him with clothing; till man had brought these under his dominion, bow inconceivably helpless he must have been! NO less instructive is it to note how the lower animals differ from or resemble Man, the crown of Nature's work; how admirably each species is adapt-cd for the loca tion in which its lot is cast, and for the uses it has to fulfil in the economy of the world; how marvellously they are endowed with power and grace and beauty. Especially in the present day is a knowledge Of the elements Of Natural History a necessary part Of our education. This work claims to minister to the educational wants of all classes, and therefore carefully avoids discussion Of unsettled points, and states nothing but incontro vertible facts. The order in which the various genera of the Mammalia is placed has been adopted in accordance with the most eminent authorities. The first two chapters are devoted to an account of the system of classification of the Animal Kingdom, and therefore may prove less interesting to many readers than the following chapters, in which the different genera and species are described. And in which there is more Of living interest and entertaining narrative. 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.
