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On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2)
Mary Somerville
384 pages~7 hr 40 min read59 chapters$4.99
In her second volume Mary Somerville moves from matter to life, examining the animal frame and the microscopic protozoa: rhizopods, foraminifera and their delicate shells. She makes the world under the lens vivid and orderly. Victorian science writing at its most masterful. Peer through the microscope with one of the age's great explainers.
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- 1ON MOLECULAR AND MICROSCOPIC SCIENCE VOLUME THE SECOND
- 2CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
- 3ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME.
- 4PART III. ANIMAL ORGANISMS.
- 5SECTION I. FUNCTIONS OF THE ANIMAL FRAME.
- 6SECTION II. PROTOZOA.
- 7Class I.—Rhizopoda.
- 8Class II.—Foraminifera.
- 9Order of Porcellanous Foraminifera.
- 10Order of Arenaceous Foraminifera.
- 11Order of Vitreous Foraminifera.
- 12Class III.—Sponges.
- 13Class IV.—Infusoria.
- 14SECTION III. HYDROZOA, ZOOPHYTES.
- 15Ciliograde Hydrozoa.
- 16Campanograde Acalephæ.
- 17Physograde Acalephæ.
- 18SECTION IV. ANTHOZOA ZOOPHYTES.
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