Excerpt from On the Mode of Formation of Shells of Animals, of Bone, and of Several Other Structures: By a Process of Molecular Coalescence, Demonstrable in Certain Artificially Formed Products
A great variety Of subjects being treated of in the following pages, it must follow that some Of the facts and views therein mentioned have been previously described or suggested by others; but as the facts and Views to which I allude are for the most part Of a general character, and Of dubious authority, I have thought it better to refrain from mentioning names in connexion with them, than to attribute their origin to wrong authors, especially as the mention of them here will not in any way interfere with the claim to priority of those with whom they originated. I may Observe that a portion Of the matter comprised in the following treatise has already appeared in the 'british and Foreign medico-chirurgica] Review for.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book is a full exploration of organic structures in animals, with a focus on the shells in crustaceans and mollusks. The author argues that the complex structures seen in the natural world can be replicated artificially through chemical and mechanical processes that are amenable to systematic study and analysis. Moreover, the author asserts that these processes are consistent with those seen in nature and are not dependent on vital forces to explain their creation. This challenges the widespread idea that biology is fundamentally distinct from chemistry and physics. Ultimately, the author provides a new perspective on the formation and character of these complex structures, opening up new avenues of research and understanding. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781332296873_0
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