Methods of study in natural history.
By: By L. Agassiz.
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Published: 1864
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Zoology -- Classification; Coral reefs and islands; Generations, Alternating; Embryology; Evolution
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.