This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... the whole progress of modern investigation is in favour of the doctrine of continuity, it is a fair and probable speculation--though only a speculation--that, as there are some plants which can manufacture protein out of such apparently intractable mineral matters as carbonic acid, water, nitrate of ammonia, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... the whole progress of modern investigation is in favour of the doctrine of continuity, it is a fair and probable speculation--though only a speculation--that, as there are some plants which can manufacture protein out of such apparently intractable mineral matters as carbonic acid, water, nitrate of ammonia, metallic and earthy salts; while others need to be supplied with their carbon and nitrogen in the somewhat less raw form of tartrate of ammonia and allied compounds; so there may be yet others, as is possibly the case with the true parasitic plants, which can only manage to put together materials still better prepared--still more nearly approximated to protein--until we arrive at such organisms as the Psorospermice and the Panhistophyton, which are as much animal as vegetable in structure, but are animal in their dependence on other organisms for their food. The singular circumstance observed by Meyer, that the Torula of yeast, though an indubitable plant, still flourishes more vigorously when supplied with the complex nitrogenous substance, pepsin; the probability that the Peronospora is nourished directly by the protoplasm of the potatoplant; and the wonderful facts which have recently been brought to light respecting insectivorous plants, all favour this view; and tend to the conclusion that the difference between animal and plant is one of degree rather than of kind, and that the problem whether, in a given case, an organism is an animal or a plant, may be essentially insoluble. VII. A LOBSTER; OR, THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY. 1861. Natural History is the name familiarly applied to the study of the properties of such natural bodies as minerals, plants, and animals; the sciences which embody the knowledge man has acquired upon these subjects are...
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Good. 2nd printing, 1896. Volume 8. 2nd to last free end page removed at some point. Fly page has dated personalized git inscription. Binding intact, rough cut pages crisp though toned, no other markings found. Cover rubbed with a few small water spots. Extremities lightly bumped with fading, rubs and fray.
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Very Good. 8vo in 3/4 black morocco on marbled paper, gilt spine title, t.e.g. Binding tight and square, hinges firm, corners rubbed through, scuffing to the spine panel.
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Fair. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards and gilt page edges and gilt lettering. Boards with heavy wear; edges torn; spine chipped; pages dusty with light age toning. Binding complete and inside clean. Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was an English biologist (comparative anatomist), known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's famous debate in 1860 with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution and in his own career.
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