‹ Back
The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4)

Owning includes offline reading and never expires.

Nature, Gardens & Animals

The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4)

Francis Maitland Balfour and M. (Michael), Sir Foster

827 pages~16 hr 29 min read55 chapters$4.99
Or read everything with NaturaRead Plus · $6.99/mo
▷ Read a sample

Life begins with a single fused cell, and Balfour follows that origin closely. Volume two of his works is a systematic treatise on embryology: the egg, the sperm, fertilization, and the first divisions that build an animal. A foundational text of developmental biology. Watch an organism assemble itself from the very first cell.

Every copy includes a printable PDF edition, a beautifully typeset book you can print, mark up in the margins, and keep on your shelf. Yours the moment you own it.

Inside this book

55 chapters

  1. 1THE WORKS
  2. 2FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR.
  3. 3THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR,
  4. 4PREFACE.
  5. 5CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
  6. 6EMBRYOLOGY.
  7. 7INTRODUCTION.
  8. 8CHAPTER I.
  9. 9THE OVUM AND SPERMATOZOON.
  10. 10CHAPTER II.
  11. 11THE MATURATION AND IMPREGNATION OF THE OVUM.
  12. 12CHAPTER III.
  13. 13THE SEGMENTATION OF THE OVUM.
  14. 14PART I.
  15. 15PART I.
  16. 16CHAPTER IV.
  17. 17DICYEMIDÆ AND ORTHONECTIDÆ.
  18. 18CHAPTER V.

+ 37 more. The full contents open with the book.

More to explore

More in Nature, Gardens & Animals

See all
Every book, one price

Read it all with NaturaRead Plus

The whole catalogue for USD 6.99 per month. Or open all five apps with All-Access for USD 19.99 a month, or USD 149 a year.