Methods of study in natural history
Series: Library of American civilization -- LAC 12590.
Publisher: Ticknor and Field
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Animals -- Classification.; Coral reefs and islands.; Generations, Alternating.; Embryology.
Genres: Classification.
Notes: "The series of papers collected in this volume may be considered as a complementary 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 the exception of the last chapter.

Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 12590)
Table of contents: title: General sketch of the early progress in natural history; title: Nomenclature and classification; 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 generations; title: The ovarian egg; title: Embryology and classification.