Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10) by Buffon
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"Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10)" by Buffon is an encyclopedic work published in 1756. This volume forms part of a monumental 36-volume collection covering all knowledge of natural sciences in the 18th century. Volume six focuses on wild animals, continuing Buffon's systematic exploration of quadrupeds. The work challenged religious orthodoxy by proposing an Earth older than biblical accounts and introduced secular explanations for natural phenomena. Buffon's attention to internal anatomy
made him an early comparative anatomist, laying groundwork for evolutionary thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Barr, James Smith |
| Title |
Buffon's Natural History. Volume 06 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_Naturelle |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 45731 |
| Release Date | May 23, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 671 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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