History and Philosophy of Science

Item includes a natural history of the common crayfish, the physiology of the common crayfish: the mechanism by which the parts of the living engine are supplied with the materials necessary for their maintenance and growth, the physiology of the common crayfish: the mechanism by which the living organism adjusts itself to surrounding conditions and reproduces itself , the morphology of the common crayfish: the structure and the development of the individual, the comparative morphology of the crayfish: the structure and the development of the crayfish compared with those of other living being, and the distribution and the Ætiology of the crayfish.
82 illustrations provided.

The contents of this book give an overview of the state of zoology in Europe for the years 1841-2 (divided both by country and by animal classification). It then gives an report on the progress of Botany for the same years.

An illustrated overview of the principles of zoology. The first part focuses on comparative anatomy and physiology and the second on systematic zoology and classification of species.