1 option
The works of Charles Darwin / edited by Paul H. Barrett & R.B. Freeman ; advisor, Peter Gautrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882., author.
- Series:
- Pickering masters.
- Pickering Masters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.
- Summary:
- The 24th volume in a 29-volume set which contain all Charles Darwin's published works. Darwin was one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. His work remains a central subject of study in the history of ideas, the history of science, zoology, botany, geology and evolution.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction to Volume Twenty-Four; Preface; Table of Contents; List of the Chief Additions to the Second Edition; Chapter I Drosera rotundifolia, or the common sun-dew; Chapter II The movements of the tentacles from the contact of solid bodies; Chapter III Aggregation of the protoplasm within the cells of the tentacles; Chapter IV The effects of heat on the leaves; Chapter V The effects of non-nitrogenous and nitrogenous organic fluids on the leaves; Chapter VI The digestive power of the secretion of drosera
- Chapter VII The effects of salts of ammoniaChapter VIII The effects of various other salts, and acids, on the leaves; Chapter IX The effects of certain alkaloid poisons, other substances and vapours; Chapter X On the sensitiveness of the leaves, and on the lines of transmission of the motor impulse; Chapter XI Recapitulation of the chief observations on Drosera rotundifolia; Chapter XII On the structure and movements of some other species of drosera; Chapter XIII Dionaea muscipula; Chapter XIV Aldrovanda vesiculosa
- Chapter XV Drosophyllum - Roridula - Byblis - Glandular hairs of other plants - Concluding remarks on the DroseraceaeChapter XVI Pinguicula; Chapter XVII Utricularia; Chapter XVIII Utricularia - continued; Index
- Notes:
- First published 1992 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 2, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180515-7
- 1-315-47653-3
- 1-315-47652-5
- 1-315-47651-7
- 9781315476537
- OCLC:
- 952727326
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.