The Annals And Magazine Of Natural History Including Zoology Botany And Geology Vol I 3d Series Vol Xv 4th Series PDF Download

Excerpt from The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Vol. 5: Being a Continuation of the "Annals" Combined With Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History; Fourth Series Placing at the head of them, as is customary, the name of Aristotle, even this father of natural history was quite in doubt as to the nature Of the sponges; for while, in many passages, he describes the sponges known to him as animals, he regards them in another place as plants, and in a third refers them to those indifferent organisms which constitute the gfadual and imperceptible transition from the animal to the p ant. 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.