Keywords:
Evolution (Biology).
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781315476520
Series Statement:
The Pickering Masters Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4525474
DDC:
575
Language:
English
Note:
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 ammonia -- Chapter 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 Droseraceae -- Chapter XVI Pinguicula -- Chapter XVII Utricularia -- Chapter XVIII Utricularia - continued -- Index.
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