Download or read book More Natural History Essays Classic Reprint written by Graham Renshaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from More Natural History Essays The kind reception accorded by both Press and public to my previous book of Natural History Essays has encouraged the preparation of the present work as a com panion volume. Written on Similar lines, it differs from its predecessor in treating of mammalian types selected from the fauna of the world rather than from that of Africa only, although examples of the latter also occupy a place in its pages graham renshaw. 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 Final Natural History Essays Classic Reprint written by Graham Renshaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Final Natural History Essays The present volume completes a series of sixty Essays dealing with typical examples of the class Mammalia. In this work, as in its predecessors, the subject has throughout been viewed from the combined standpoint of the zoologist and the historian; the photographs are selected from a series of over five hundred negatives taken by the author. The opportunity is here taken of thanking the Press for many long and most encouraging notices of previous studies, and the public for their kind reception of former. 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 Essays on Natural History Classic Reprint written by Charles Waterton and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Natural History To walk with Waterton in his beautiful park was one of the greatest delights I have experienced. I hope that the reader may enjoy a kindred pleasure by walking in the fields with these essays in his mind, and watching the sights which Waterton describes. 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 Essays on Natural History written by Charles Waterton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Natural History: Chiefly Ornithology Should it be remarked that I have commented somewhat severely on certain parts of the Bio graphy of Birds, I answer, that I should only have taken as much notice of that work as would have been necessary to prove that the new theory could not be depended upon, had not the partisans of the author given me ample cause of provocation. Had they continued under arms, it was my intention to review the whole of the Biography of Birds, together with the author's Introductory Address. The controversial papers which have appeared on different subjects in Mr. Loudon's Magazine are not included in these Essays. Had mine been introduced, those of my opponents must equally have been admitted, for the sake of perspicuity. 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 Cultures and Institutions of Natural History written by Michael T. Ghiselin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cultures and Institutions of Natural History: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science This volume consists mainly of papers delivered at two meetings cosponsored by the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The first, on the Culture of Natural History, was held in Milan, November l4-l 6, I996. The second, on Institutions of Natural History, was held in San Francisco, October 5 - 7, 1998. They followed two earlier conferences on Biology as History (pinna and Ghiselin I996; Ghiselin and Pinna I996) likewise held in Milan and San Francisco. We intend to continue the series of meetings and have publications based on them in commemoration of the Academy's sesquicentennial in 2003. The emphasis here is mainly upon natural history museums and the kind of science that goes on in them. Although the essays were originally written to stand by themselves, when arranged in chronological order they suggest a common theme. To paraphrase Darwin, the culture and institutions of natural history have been, and are being, evolved. They have adapted to local circumstances, diversified, and sometimes even progressed. We may hope that the future holds more than just retrogression and extinction in store. Read as case studies the essays provide valuable insights into not just how, but why, the institutions have come into being and subsequently been transformed. Previous generations had quite different ideas than we do about how a collection of naturalia is supposed to function and how it should be organized. And there were con icting goals and serious disputes about policy, much as there are today. Often, though not always, the institutions turn out to be very different from what had been envisioned by their founders. 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 Essays on Un Natural History Classic Reprint written by John Gerard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Un-Natural History The papers here collected have already severally appeared, originally in the pages of the Month, after wards in three separate volumes published by the C. T. S. Under the titles Science and Scientists, Science or Romance? Evolutionary Philosophy and Common Sense. Although the topics of which they treat are very various, and, it may seem, diverse, they have this in common, that all deal with points raised by the more prominent and dogmatic Evolutionists, whose writings are familiar to the public; whilst the object of all is to show that we have the means ofjudging for ourselves concerning much which we are commonly hidden to accept on the authority of experts. 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 Essays Classic Reprint written by Graham Renshaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History Essays The kind reception accorded to certain lectures and magazine articles has encouraged the preparation of this little work. In it an attempt has been made to describe typical examples of the mammalian fauna of Africa as seen both from the zoological and the historical stand point. The information upon which this book is based being the outcome of several years' investigation, research, and correspondence, I hasten to express in this place my grateful thanks for many courtesies received from various scientific gentlemen, not only in this country but also in America, Africa, and on the. 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 Essays on Natural History and Rural Economy Classic Reprint written by John Walker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Natural History and Rural Economy Been grasped by two men. This was a Iliccory, which he measured geometrically, and found it to be 180 feet high. But he added, that there were many Pines of a much larger size. It is likely, however, that the trees in the American woods in general, are more remarkable for their great height, than for the grossness of their trunk. 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 Essays on Sport and Natural History Classic Reprint written by James Edmund Harting and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Sport and Natural History In regard to many of the subjects here discussed the author is constantly receiving letters asking for information, and indeed in some cases it was the frequency of these applications which originally suggested the collection of materials for an essay on the subject of inquiry. 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 The Natural History of Oxford Shire Being an Essay Towards the Natural History of England Classic Reprint written by Robert Plot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, Being an Essay Towards the Natural History of England Than that of Dedication; yet it being, but neceflary to act quaint the Reader with fame matters that are general, and will [farce for all other Counties as well as this, I thought. 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 Essays on Museums written by William Henry Flower and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on Museums: And Other Subjects Connected With Natural History Having lately, during an enforced period of restraint from active occupation, had leisure to look back upon the events of a somewhat busy life, it occurred to me that besides the administration, in succession, of two large public museums, and some original scientific investigation, the results of which can be of interest only to the very few, there have been occasions which have involved a contact with wider and more varied circles. Though the records of these occasions have doubtless been mainly of passing or local concern, it is possible that something may be found among them worth placing in a more accessible and permanent form than in the scattered journals or pamphlets in which they can only he found at present. Such of these essays and addresses as seemed suitable for republication in the present collection mainly group themselves under three distinct branches of the many into which the intellectual and educational activity of our age is manifested. 1. Those which are here placed first are, more closely than any others, connected with the practical work of my life, - the advancement of scientific knowledge through the development of museums. Here I cannot refrain from expressing my deep sense of the loss this cause has recently sustained by the premature death of Dr. Brown Goode, Director of the United States National Museum. 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 Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural History Objects Classic Reprint written by J. E. Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects The following Essays were originally contributed to the pages of science-gossip, ' by the various writers whose names they bear. From the constant queries relating to subjects of this kind, it as deemed advisable to furnish young or intending naturalists with such trustworthy information as would enable them to save time, and gain by the experience of others. For this purpose, the articles have been collected in their present portable form. 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 An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry Classic Reprint written by John Aikin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry Sea the bithop Of Oxford's truly claflical and ingenious Prclcflians on Sacred Poetry. 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 Landscape in History written by Archibald Geikie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Landscape in History: And Other Essays The present volume consists of a collection of Essays and Addresses which have appeared at intervals since the publication of my Geological Essays at Home and Abroad. Half of them deal with Scenery in its geological relations and in its influence on human progress - a subject which for many years has eu grossed much of my thought. Others discuss the problem of the Age of the Earth, While two are biographical, and one deals with the place of Science in modern education. 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 Curiosities of Natural History Classic Reprint written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Curiosities of Natural History The Preface is generally the last portion of a book which is written, and on this account it ought to be read first. I would beg of those into whose hands this book should come, to reverse the usual order of things, and to read the Preface before they dip into the contents. They will then know why it was written. 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 Illustrated Natural History for Young People Classic Reprint written by John George Wood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Natural History for Young People 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 system atic arrangement are united with brevity and simplicity of treatment. All the best-known popular works on Natural History are liable to many obice tions, among which may be named a want of correct classification, the absence of explanations of the meanings and derivations of scientific words, the strange inaccuracy of many of the accompanying illustrations, and of the accounts of many animals. Nor do the conventional anecdotes chronicled in their pages evince that personal experience of the animal race which alone can repress romance and prevent inaccuracy. These deficiencies, it is hoped, are at all events partly sup plied in the present work. 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 The Probable Infinity of Nature and Life written by William Emerson Ritter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Probable Infinity of Nature and Life: Three Essays It is almost as much on account of the super-history furnished by these essays as on account of what is said in them that I am now publishing them. They were not written with any definite purpose Of publication. The ones on spontaneous generation and multiple causes were prepared as addresses for scientific societies. That on the infinity Of nature was written mainly to enable me to see where my biological development was tending as touching other domains Of knowledge. TO state more specifically why I now publish the essays essentially as they were written, I find on approaching the completion Of the Unity of the Orgamm, that I need the essays in print, partly as record and partly as super-record. What I am writing now in the larger work, I want to attach directly to what I wrote earlier about the origin of life and to do so without rewrit ing the Old essay and incorporating it as a section in the later book. 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.
