Textbook1908

First Course in Biology

L. H. Bailey and Walter M. Coleman

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Early twentieth-century school textbooks are a useful baseline: comparing them with current ones shows which arguments for evolution have lasted, which have been dropped, and which have been added.

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L. H. Bailey and Walter M. Coleman
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1908
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High school
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  1. s01Preface · X. Bacteria And Sanitation H 158 (part 1 of 2)about 15,283 words
  2. s02Preface · X. Bacteria And Sanitation H 158 (part 2 of 2)about 15,351 words
  3. s03Chapter XV. Winter And Dormant Budsabout 2,213 words
  4. s04Chapter XVI. Bud Propagationabout 1,890 words
  5. s05Chapter XVII. How Plants Climb · Chapter XVIII. The Flower — Its Parts And Formsabout 3,180 words
  6. s06Chapter XIX. The Flower — Fertilization And Pollinationabout 2,378 words
  7. s07Chapter XX. Flower-Clusters · Chapter XXI. Fruitsabout 3,204 words
  8. s08Chapter XXII. Dispersal Of Seeds · Chapter XXIII. Phenogams And Cryptogamsabout 2,269 words
  9. s09Chapter XXIV. Studies In Cryptogamsabout 7,316 words
  10. s10Chapter I. The Principles Of Biologyabout 2,177 words
  11. s11CHAPTER II. PROTOZOA (One-celled Animals)about 1,447 words
  12. s12Chapter III. Sponges · Chapter IV. Polyps (Cuplike Animals)about 3,658 words
  13. s13Chapter V. Echinoderms (Spiny Animals)about 2,119 words
  14. s14Chapter VI. Wormsabout 2,352 words
  15. s15Chapter VII. Crustaceansabout 2,525 words
  16. s16Chapter VIII. Insectsabout 8,225 words
  17. s17Chapter IX. Mollusksabout 2,925 words
  18. s18Chapter X. Fishesabout 3,466 words
  19. s19Chapter XI. Batrachiaabout 2,859 words
  20. s20Chapter XII. Reptilia (Reptiles)about 2,389 words
  21. s21Chapter XIII. Birdsabout 6,792 words
  22. s22Chapter XIV. Mammals (Beasts And Man)about 6,967 words
  23. s23Introductionabout 4,071 words
  24. s24Chapter II. The Skinabout 3,741 words
  25. s25Chapter III. The Skeletonabout 2,813 words
  26. s26Chapter IV. The Musclesabout 3,197 words
  27. s27Chapter V. The Circulationabout 5,765 words
  28. s28Chapter VI. The Respirationabout 5,113 words
  29. s29Chapter VII. Food And Digestionabout 9,244 words
  30. s30Chapter VIII. The Nervous Systemabout 7,473 words
  31. s31Chapter IX. The Sensesabout 4,876 words
  32. s32Chapter X. Bacteria And Sanitationabout 1,893 words

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