Beautiful Shells
by H. G. Adams
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About this eBook
- Author
- Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1812?-1881
- Title
- Beautiful shells : Their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained; with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet; descriptions of the most remarkable species, and of the creatures which inhabit them; and explanations of the meanings of their scientific names, and of the terms used in conchology
- Original Publication
- London: Groombridge and Sons, 1856.
- Credits
- WebRover, Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Shells -- Identification
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 74207
- Release Date
- August 7, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.INTRODUCTION. — WHAT ARE SHELLS? — CONCHOLOGY. — BEAUTY AND VALUE OF SHELLS. — USES OF SHELLS. — THE INHABITANTS OF SHELLS; — MALACOLOGY, — CLASSIFICATION OF SHELLS. — TAKING AND PRESERVING SHELLS. — THE CABINET; — ON CLEANING AND POLISHING SHELLS. — FOSSIL SHELLS.
- 3.BEAUTIFUL SHELLS. — UNIVALVES. — THE COMMON SNAIL — FRESH-WATER SHELLS. — THE WHELK, — ROCK SHELLS, — PERIWINKLE. — TROCHUS, OR TOP-SHELL. — CONES, VOLUTES, MITRES, AND OLIVES. — COWRIES.
- 4.BIVALVES. — THE OYSTER, — A PEARL. — THE MUSSEL AND THE COCKLE. — SCALLOP SHELLS. — LIMPITS. — ROCK-BORERS.
- 5.MULTIVALVES. — THE CHITONS, — BARNACLES, — CUTTLE FISH. — NAUTILUS AND AMMONITE. — THE NAUTILUS AND THE AMMONITE.
- 6.INDEX.
- 7.WORKS BY H. G. ADAMS.
- 8.NOW PUBLISHING.
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