Overview

Excerpt from A Treatise on Malacology: Or Shells and Shell Fish The innumerable groups of beings which we comprehend under the general name of M allusca, are at once distinguishable from all other animals, by having no internal bones, like the Vertebrata or no joints to their body and limbs, like the Annulosa, or insect tribes. In the first, the skeleton is internal in the latter, it is ex ternal but, in the Mollusca, it is entirely wanting. We might fill several pages on these anatomical dis tinctions but simplicity is the soul of instruction and we feel assured, that in following this rule, in the pre sent instance, we are saving the unscientific reader a world of perplexing circumlocution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Full Product Details

9781332308446

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available