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Science sketches
Title:
Science sketches
Author:
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.
Edition:
New and enlarged edition.
Publication Information:
Chicago : A. C. McClurg and company, 1896.
Physical Description:
vi pages, 1 leaf, [9]-287 pages ; 20 cm
General Note:
"Reprinted from various periodicals."--Pref.
Language:
English
Contents:
The story of a salmon.--Johnny Darters.--The salmon family.--The dispersion of fresh-water fishes.--Agassiz at Penikese.--An eccentric naturalist [Rafinesque]--A Cuban fisherman [Poey y Aloy]--The fate of Iciodorum.--The story of a stone.--An ascent of the Matterhorn.--The story of a strange land.--How the trout came to California.
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Format :
Book