Author: John William HarshbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work
Author: John William HarshbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work
Author: John William HarshbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botanists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work (Classic Reprint)
Author: John William HarshbergerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528569811
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Excerpt from The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work This book is the outcome of much correspondence and research. It is a contribution to the history of botany in America. Until such a history is written, the facts con cerning our botanists must be recorded in some permanent form. This, the present work, endeavors to do for the region comprised within a radius of sixty miles of the Citv of Philadelphia. If a circle Of such a radius be drawn on a map, it will include the cities of Lancaster and Easton. Two considerations influenced the author in adopting this limit. (1) It is the one used by the Philadelphia Botanical Club in its herborization trips; (2) the country within that circle centralizes in Philadelphia. Every available source of information has been searched in the endeavor to obtain reliable data. The author feels the shortcomings of the book, and he hopes that the botanical public will overlook the errors consider ing the fragmentary character of the information available in its preparation. It does not claim to be a complete list of the botanists who lived near Philadelphia; many names which ought to have been included are probably omitted for lack of information concerning them. The author believes that the omissions are few, and that the book gives the names of the greater number of Philadelphia botanists. 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.
The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work
Author: John William HarshbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botanists
Languages : en
Pages : 457
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The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work
Author: John W. HarshbergerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780403033362
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Botanist of Philadelphia and Their Work
Author: John W. HarshbergerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780795046339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 457
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BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA & TH
Author: John William 1869-1929 HarshbergerPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781361131947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
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List of Biological Serials, Exclusive of Botany, in the Libraries of Philadelphia
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Wistar institute of anatomyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Bartonia
Author: The Signature of All Things
Author: Elizabeth GilbertPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101638001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of Girls In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker—a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry’s brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father’s money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma’s research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction—into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist—but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe—from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who—born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution—bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert’s wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers.