The Philosophy of Zoology
Or a General View of the Structure, Functions, and Classification of Animals
Seiten
2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-00165-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-00165-6 (ISBN)
John Fleming (1785–1857) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, but in his time at the University of Edinburgh he had also studied geology and zoology. His two-volume Philosophy of Zoology published in 1822, was borrowed by the young Charles Darwin from Edinburgh University Library.
John Fleming (1785–1857) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, but in his time at the University of Edinburgh he had also studied geology and zoology. In the tradition of the country parson who was also a talented and knowledgeable naturalist, he published his first works on the geology of the Shetland Islands while serving there as a minister. His subsequent works led to his being offered the chair of natural philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and subsequently at the newly created chair of natural history at the Free Church College in Edinburgh. The two-volume Philosophy of Zoology was published in 1822, and the young Charles Darwin is recorded as borrowing it from the library of Edinburgh University in 1825/6. His intention in the book was to 'collect the truths of Zoology within a small compass, and to render them more intelligible, by a systematical arrangement'.
John Fleming (1785–1857) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, but in his time at the University of Edinburgh he had also studied geology and zoology. In the tradition of the country parson who was also a talented and knowledgeable naturalist, he published his first works on the geology of the Shetland Islands while serving there as a minister. His subsequent works led to his being offered the chair of natural philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and subsequently at the newly created chair of natural history at the Free Church College in Edinburgh. The two-volume Philosophy of Zoology was published in 1822, and the young Charles Darwin is recorded as borrowing it from the library of Edinburgh University in 1825/6. His intention in the book was to 'collect the truths of Zoology within a small compass, and to render them more intelligible, by a systematical arrangement'.
Preface; Divisions of natural science; 1. Division of natural objects into organised and inorganic; 2. Peculiar characters of organised bodies; 3. Distinguishing characters of animals and vegetables; 4. On the polity of nature; 5. On the substances which enter into the composition of the bodies of animals; 6. Cutaneous system; 7. Osseous system; 8. Muscular system; 9. Nervous system; 10. Organs of perception; 11. Faculties of the mind; 12. Digestive system; 13. Circulating system; 14. Peculiar secretions; 15. Reproductive system.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.7.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology ; Volume 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 630 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-00165-3 / 1108001653 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-00165-6 / 9781108001656 |
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