Science - Biology

Animals of the Past

Frederic A. Lucas

Frederic A. Lucas’s Animals of the Past is a popular‑science survey of paleontology that opens with a…

Syndrome

Thomas Hoover

Thomas Hoover’s Syndrome is a medical thriller that plunges the reader into a world of desperate hope and…

Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History

William MacGillivray

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical survey of the principal figures who shaped zoology, beginning…

A History of Science — Volume 4

Williams, Henry Smith; Williams, Edward Huntington

The fourth volume of Henry Smith Williams and Edward Huntington Williams’s A History of Science turns its…

Histoire des légumes

Georges Gibault

Ce volume, signé par Georges Gibault, se présente comme une étude exhaustive de l’histoire des légumes…

Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould: An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi

M. C. Cooke

This work is a practical handbook for the amateur botanist who wishes to turn a simple microscope into a tool…

The Bacillus of Long Life A Manual of the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes, Together with an Historical Account of the Use of Fermented Milks, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, and Their Wonderful Effect in the Prolonging of Human Existence

Loudon M. Douglas

The book is a scholarly manual that combines practical instructions for preparing and souring milk with a…

Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 1 (of 6)

Cassell’s Natural History, Vol. I is a Victorian‑era survey of mammals, beginning with an extensive treatment…

Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates (Vol. 2 of 2) with scientific elucidations

Alexander von Humboldt

This volume is a scientific treatise by Alexander von Humboldt that surveys the distribution of life across…

An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart & blood in animals

William Harvey

This work is a scholarly treatise by William Harvey, the English physician who first demonstrated the true…

Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley’s Man’s Place in Nature, and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical‑scientific…

Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture

John H. Robinson

The book is an elementary textbook on aviculture, written by John H.

A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians

A. Lungwitz

A Text‑Book of Horseshoeing is a practical manual aimed at both apprentices and veterinary students,…

The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)

Sclater, Philip Lutley; Thomas, Oldfield

The Science and Philosophy of the Organism

Hans Driesch

Hans Driesch’s The Science and Philosophy of the Organism is a scholarly synthesis of his Gifford Lectures…

The Microscope. Its History, Construction, and Application 15th ed. Being a familiar introduction to the use of the instrument, and the study of microscopical science

Jabez Hogg

The work is a nineteenth‑century textbook that traces the microscope from its modest beginnings in the 1850s…

Animal intelligence: Experimental studies

Edward L. Thorndike

The work is a scholarly compilation of Edward L. Thor‑Thorndike’s experimental investigations into animal…

Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 2 (of 6)

A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber: With Remarks on the Means of Preserving Wood From Destruction by Sea Worms, Beetles, Ants, Etc.

Thomas Allen Britton

The work is a scientific treatise on timber, beginning with a detailed examination of the elementary tissues…

Botanical features of the Algerian Sahara

William Austin Cannon

Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen

Strasburger, Eduard; Noll, Fritz; Schenck, H. (Heinrich); Schimper, A. F. W.

Dieses Werk ist ein umfassendes Lehrbuch der Botanik, das von den Professoren Eduard Strasburger, Fritz Noll,…

Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima

Glen Everett Woolfenden

The work is a scientific monograph that presents a detailed comparative study of the breeding habits of two…

The Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7

John Gould

A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3

Baird, Spencer Fullerton; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo); Ridgway, Robert