Methods of study in natural history.
By: By L. Agassiz.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: J. R. Osgood and company
Published: 1863
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Animals -- Classification.; Coral reefs and islands.; Generations, Alternating.; Embryology.; Evolution.
Genres: Classification.
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.
Table of contents: title: General sketch of the early progress in natural history.; title: Nomenclature and classifation.; title: Categories of classification.; title: Classification and creation.; title: Different views respecting orders.; title: Gradation among animals.; title: Analogous types.; title: Family characteristics.; title: The characters of genera.; title: Species and breeds.; title: Formation of coral reefs.; title: Age of coral reefs as showing permanence of species.; title: Homologies.; title: Alternate generation.; title: The ovarian egg.; title: Embryology and classification.