First Course in Biology

About this eBook

Author

Coleman, Walter Moore, 1863-1926

Title

First course in biology

Original Publication

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1908, reprint 1909.

Credits

Greg Bergquist, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Biology -- Laboratory manuals

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76851

Release Date

September 10, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIRST COURSE IN BIOLOGY
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.GENERAL INTRODUCTION — PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS — How a Candle Burns — I. Oxygen — II. Carbon — III. Carbon dioxid
7. 7.PLANT BIOLOGY — CHAPTER I NO TWO PLANTS OR PARTS ARE ALIKE
8. 8.CHAPTER II THE STRUGGLE TO LIVE
9. 9.CHAPTER III THE SURVIVAL OF THE FIT
10. 10.CHAPTER IV PLANT SOCIETIES
11. 11.CHAPTER V THE PLANT BODY
12. 12.CHAPTER VI SEEDS AND GERMINATION
13. 13.CHAPTER VII THE ROOT—THE FORMS OF ROOTS
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE ROOT.—FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE
15. 15.CHAPTER IX THE STEM—KINDS AND FORMS; PRUNING
16. 16.CHAPTER X THE STEM—ITS GENERAL STRUCTURE
17. 17.CHAPTER XI LEAVES—FORM AND POSITION
18. 18.CHAPTER XII LEAVES—STRUCTURE OR ANATOMY
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII LEAVES—FUNCTION OR WORK
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV DEPENDENT PLANTS
21. 21.CHAPTER XV WINTER AND DORMANT BUDS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI BUD PROPAGATION
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII HOW PLANTS CLIMB
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII THE FLOWER—ITS PARTS AND FORMS
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX THE FLOWER—FERTILIZATION AND POLLINATION
26. 26.CHAPTER XX FLOWER-CLUSTERS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI FRUITS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII DISPERSAL OF SEEDS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII PHENOGAMS AND CRYPTOGAMS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV STUDIES IN CRYPTOGAMS — Bacteria — Algæ — Fungi — Lichens — Liverworts — Mosses (Bryophyta) — Equisetums, or Horsetails (Pteridophyta) — Isoëtes (Pteridophyta) — Club-Mosses (Pteridophyta)
31. 31.ANIMAL BIOLOGY — CHAPTER I THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
32. 32.CHAPTER II PROTOZOA (One-celled Animals) — The ameba — The Slipper Animalcule or Paramecium
33. 33.CHAPTER III SPONGES
34. 34.CHAPTER IV POLYPS (CUPLIKE ANIMALS) — The Hydra, or Fresh Water Polyp
35. 35.CHAPTER V ECHINODERMS (SPINY ANIMALS) — The Starfish — The Sea Urchin — Other Echinoderms
36. 36.CHAPTER VI WORMS
37. 37.CHAPTER VII CRUSTACEANS — Crawfish
38. 38.CHAPTER VIII INSECTS — The Grasshopper — Anatomy and General Characteristics of the Class Insecta
39. 39.CHAPTER IX MOLLUSKS — The Fresh-water Mussel
40. 40.CHAPTER X FISHES
41. 41.CHAPTER XI BATRACHIA — Tadpoles — Frogs
42. 42.CHAPTER XII REPTILIA (REPTILES) — Study of a Turtle or Tortoise
43. 43.CHAPTER XIII BIRDS
44. 44.CHAPTER XIV MAMMALS (BEASTS AND MAN)
45. 45.HUMAN BIOLOGY — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
46. 46.CHAPTER II THE SKIN
47. 47.CHAPTER III THE SKELETON
48. 48.CHAPTER IV THE MUSCLES
49. 49.CHAPTER V THE CIRCULATION — The Lymphatic System — Hygiene of the Circulation
50. 50.CHAPTER VI THE RESPIRATION
51. 51.CHAPTER VII FOOD AND DIGESTION
52. 52.CHAPTER VIII THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — Hygiene of the Nervous System
53. 53.CHAPTER IX THE SENSES
54. 54.CHAPTER X BACTERIA AND SANITATION
55. 55.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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