Methods of study in natural history.

Author/creator Agassiz, Louis
Format Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Ticknor and Field, 1863.
Descriptionviii, 319 pages : illustrations (including map)
Subjects

SeriesLibrary of American civilization ; LAC 12590
Library of American civilization ; LAC 12590. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents General sketch of the early progress in natural history -- Nomenclature and classification -- Categories of classification --Classification and creation -- Different views respecting orders -- Gradation among animals -- Analogous types -- Family characteristics -- The characters of genera -- Species and breeds -- Formation of coral reefs -- Age of coral reefs as showing permanence of species -- Homologies -- Alternate generations -- The ovarian egg -- Embryology and classification.
General note"The series of papers collected in this volume may be considered as a complementary to my 'Essay on classification ...' These chapters were first embodied in a course of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston."--Pref.
General noteFirst printed in the Atlantic monthly, with the exception of the last chapter.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 12590)

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