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Nature, Gardens & Animals
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)
Charles Darwin
500 pages~9 hr 58 min read8 chapters$4.99
Before writing his great book on the origin of species, Darwin spent eight years on barnacles. This first volume of his monograph dissects the humble cirripedes with the patience that trained his eye for variation and descent. The quiet labor that sharpened the mind behind evolution. See the great theorist at work on the smallest of subjects.
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Inside this book
8 chapters
- 1A MONOGRAPH ON THE SUB-CLASS CIRRIPEDIA, WITH FIGURES OF ALL THE SPECIES.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CORRIGENDA AND ADDENDA.
- 4INTRODUCTION.
- 5Class—CRUSTACEA. Sub-Class—CIRRIPEDIA.
- 6EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
- 7INDEX.
- 8Transcriber’s Notes:
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