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A text-book of veterinary anatomy

Septimus Sisson

This work is a systematic veterinary anatomy textbook that opens with a clear statement of purpose: to…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Echinoderma" to "Edward, prince of Wales" Volume 8, Slice 10

Various

This volume of the 11th edition Encyclopaedia Britannica is a scholarly reference work, covering the…

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

Henry Walter Bates

The work is a nineteenth‑century natural history travelogue by Henry Walter Bates, a veteran of an 1848–1859…

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin

The book is Charles Darwin’s expanded treatment of human evolution, first issued in 1871 and revised in 1874.

The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 08 (of 10)

Hans Gadow

The Cambridge Natural History, Volume 8, is a scholarly survey of amphibians and reptiles written at the turn…

At the Deathbed of Darwinism: A Series of Papers

Eberhard Dennert

The work is a scholarly critique of Darwinian natural selection, assembled as a series of papers that were…

Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters

Charles Darwin

This volume is a curated selection drawn from the expansive “Life and Letters” of Charles Darwin, presented…

Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind

J. A. Zahm

The work is a scholarly survey that traces women’s contributions to scientific knowledge from antiquity to…

The plums of New York

U. P. Hedrick

The work is a scholarly horticultural treatise on the plum, written by U. P.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

John Bernhard Smith

John B. Smith’s Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology is a scholarly glossary that grew from a modest…

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

Various; Royal Society

Philosophical Transactions, Vol. L, Part I (1757) is a bound collection of scientific papers presented to the…

Handbook of Birmingham Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886

British Association for the Advancement of Science

Darwinism (1889) An exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications

Alfred Russel Wallace

This work is a scholarly defence of Darwin’s natural‑selection theory, written by Alfred Russel Wallace in…

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) 2nd ed.

Charles Sprague Sargent

The Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) is a scholarly reference work compiled by…

Galen: On the Natural Faculties

Galen

The work is a scholarly translation of Galen’s treatise on the natural faculties, rendered from the Greek…

Scurvy, Past and Present

Alfred F. Hess

Scurvy, Past and Present is a scholarly medical treatise by Alfred F.

The Book of the Pearl The history, art, science, and industry of the queen of gems

Kunz, George Frederick; Stevenson, Charles Hugh

The Book of the Pearl is a monumental reference that treats the gem‑queen from every conceivable angle,…

Biographies of distinguished scientific men. First series

F. Arago

This volume is a collection of biographical sketches of eminent scientists, assembled by François Arago, a…

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition)

Charles Darwin

The work is a scientific treatise by Charles Darwin, the second volume of his landmark study on evolution and…

The Animal Parasites of Man

Fantham, Harold Benjamin; Braun, Max; Stephens, J. W. W. (John William Watson); Theobald, Fred. V.

The work is a comprehensive, scholarly survey of the parasites that infest humans, assembled by a team of…

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1

Wallace, Alfred Russel; Marchant, James, Sir

The work is a scholarly compilation of Alfred Russel Wallace’s own letters and reminiscences, edited by James…

The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 09 (of 10)

A. H. Evans

The ninth volume of the Cambridge Natural History, authored by A. H.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Matter" to "Mecklenburg" Volume 17, Slice 8

Various

The entry “Matter” opens this portion of the 11th‑edition Encyclopaedia Britannica with a dense survey of…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Ichthyology" to "Independence" Volume 14, Slice 3

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition presents a scholarly survey of ichthyology, the scientific study of…