On the Flora of Australia
Author : Joseph Dalton Hooker
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Botany
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Author : Joseph Dalton Hooker
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Botany
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Author : George Bentham
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Page : 558 pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 1864
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Author : George Bentham
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Page : 592 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Botany
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V.1. Renunculaceae to Anacardiaceae. - v.2. Leguminosae to combretaceae. - v.3. Myrtaceae to compositae. - v.4. Stylidiease to Pedalineae. - v.5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. - v.6. Thymeleae to Dioscorideae. - v.7. Roxburghiaceae to Filices.
Author : A. H. R. Grisebach
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Page : 830 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 1864
Category : Botany
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Author : Bedford Pim
Publisher : London : L. Reeve & Company
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Central America
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"The author's efforts to open a route for an Atlantic-Pacific canal through Nicaragua. Discusses New Zealand's interest in this possible sea link and in particular the use of Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island as a coaling station (p. 371-375)"--Bagnall.
Author : Lovell Reeve
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Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Introduced mollusks
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Author : Henry Minchin Noad
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Page : 266 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Analytical chemistry
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 1866
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Author : John Alexander Ferguson
Publisher : National Library Australia
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780642990464
Author : Curtis N. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2019-10-21
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ISBN : 0190882956
Charles Darwin's "Historical Sketch" has appeared as a preface to nearly every authorized edition of Darwin's Origin of Species since the second English edition was published in 1860. The "Historical Sketch" provides a brief history of opinion about the species question as a prelude to Darwin's own independent contribution to the subject, but its provenance is somewhat obscure. While some previous thinkers anticipated portions of Darwin's theory long before he did, none of them saw the complete picture as clearly as Darwin. As such, he was able to claim originality and priority for the idea that has transformed our understanding of nature. His "Historical Sketch" was written as an attempt to address these issues. Some things are known about its production, such as when it first appeared and what changes were made to it between its first appearance in 1860 and its final form in 1866. Other questions remain unanswered. How did it evolve in Darwin's mind? Why did he write it at all? What did he think he was accomplishing by prefacing it to Origin of Species? Curtis Johnson approaches these questions, offering some clarity on the originality of Darwin's work. Darwin's "Historical Sketch" is the first comprehensive study of Darwin's "Preface" to Origin of Species. Johnson conveys the pressure Darwin felt from friends and other correspondents to showcase the originality of his theory, and he tackles questions of originality by carefully examining the 35 authors Darwin referenced in this monumental text.