Natural history
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1780
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13110
Subjects: Natural history; Indians; Languages; Floriculture
Other titles: Atlantic journal ; and, Friend of knowledge.; Baltimore cactus journal.; Flora and Sylva.; Flora, oder, Botanische Zeitung.; Floricultural magazine ; and, Miscellany of gardening.; Gardener's monthly.; Nidiologist.
Description: The history of the natural world covers an extraordinarily diverse set of topics. The nineteenth century saw the dawn of the true pedagogical use of natural history for a wide audience. Scientists (a term itself not in use until the early nineteenth century) began to press natural history texts into service as teaching tools for students. At the same time, the literary uses of natural history as a narrative device blossomed into its fullest form to date. The Natural History collection contained in Nineteenth Century Collections Online highlights many key works in this development of the scientific vision of the study of organisms and their environment in the years from 1780 to 1924.
Notes: Date range of documents: 1780-1925.

Reproduction of the originals from the Huntington Library.

Publication titles: Atlantic journal, and Friend of knowledge; The Baltimore cactus journal; Flora and Sylva; Flora, oder, Botanische Zeitung; The floricultural magazine, and Miscellany of gardening; The gardener's monthly; The nidiologist.