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| Genre/Form: | Classification |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Louis Agassiz |
| ISBN: | 0405026536 9780405026539 |
| OCLC Number: | 184641 |
| Notes: | "The series of papers collected in this volume may be considered as a complement or commentary to my 'Essay on classification' ... These chapters were first embodied in a course of lectures delivered at the Lowell institute in Boston."--Pref. First printed in the Atlantic monthly, with exception of last chapter. |
| Description: | viii, 319 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm. |
| Contents: | General sketch of the early progress in natural history.--Nomenclature and classification.--Categories of classification.--Classification and creation.--Different views respecting orders.--Gradatin amon 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. |
| Responsibility: | by L. Agassiz. |
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