Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 22

Download or read book Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 22 written by American Philosophical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 22: January to October, 1885 Of course, if all specimens of animals could be found, the definitions would all, or nearly all, be invalidated. But it is safe to assume that all the intermediate forms will not be found, so that the definitions of species will represent the state of our knowledge, and the results of the operations of nature in the preservation of individuals. 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.